How to Serve Your Church: 5 Ideas from Scripture
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the LORD’s house.” Psalm 122:1 GNT All of us have different experiences with church. Many, like me, were blessed to grow up in the church. Not every Sunday is perfect. But in general, I associate Sundays with favorite hymns, Sunday School lessons, fellowship with lifelong friends, and sermons…
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Thank God it’s Thanksgiving!
Once again, we’ll do our turkey and football thing for Thanksgiving. And church leaders may complain about how this holiday misses the mark: It’s not really about gratitude but about plenitude. We celebrate our excess. Too much food and a house full of relatives. Maybe so, but somewhere in that day a tiny miracle might happen. A closed heart might…
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What Happens When You Choose Silence Together
“Go out and stand before me on top of the mountain,” the LORD said to [Elijah]. Then the LORD passed by and sent a furious wind that split the hills and shattered the rocks—but the LORD was not in the wind. The wind stopped blowing, and then there was an earthquake—but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the…
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Please Pray for Spanish-Speaking Catholics Across America
There are approximately 76 million Catholics in the United States, nearly half of whom are Hispanic or Latino. And while research shows that a large majority desire to read the Bible more, there are limited Spanish Bible resources, creating a barrier to accessing God’s Word regularly. To meet this need, American Bible Society’s Catholic Ministries and Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary…
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How Can Reading Scripture Strengthen Your Faith?
Cruising along in Hebrews 11, the famous “faith” chapter, I am struck by verse 6: “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (NIV). Now that statement stops me in my tracks. If faith is that important to God, it should be important to me. Is faith something more than a vague hope that things will turn out all right?…
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African-Americans Most Bible Engaged in the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov.1, 2018—African-Americans have higher levels of Bible engagement than the general U.S. population, which is demonstrated by their beliefs and practices, according to the latest State of the Biblesurvey by American Bible Society. For many African-Americans it is more important to start the day with the Bible rather than coffee as 37 percent chose the Bible over coffee (17…
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Long to Escape? Find Joy in the Bible
It’s that time of year again. The days get shorter, the air gets colder, and I get the urge to escape from the bleakness of winter. Hunched over my computer screen, I find myself researching warm places to fly to during the frigid January cold. I spend hours obsessing over new clothes to buy that will distract me from the…
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