Quite a list with national days today. It’s the anniversary of victory in the 1979 revolution in Iran, commemoration of the coronation of the first emperor in Japan, and of the Lateran Treaty establishing Vatican City.
A couple of days ago, I blogged about evaluating the state of your small group during the summer months. One important type of small group is the class for new church members or new believers. For obvious reasons, such a group doesn’t continue with the same people year after year. Your hope is to see…
We recently asked at the Energion Discussion Network blog, “Is there a war on Christmas?” Today, the same might be asked about Easter. But Bill Tuck suggests that, unlike Christmas, Easter suffers from benign neglect. See if you agree with him. https://energion.co/discuss/2016/03/16/whats-happened-to-easter/ https://energion.co/discuss/2016/03/16/whats-happened-to-easter/
We have more great posts to look forward to this week: Today, Allan Bevere calls our attention to the role the interpreter plays in interpreting a text. Tuesday, Bob LaRochelle asks us to consider serious study of denominations different from our own in order to broaden our own perspective and appreciate the differences. Wednesday, Drew…
The Drowsy Poet Coffee Cafe in Pensacola, FL was the venue for a celebration of the release of another novel by author Kimberly Gordon. Family, friends, and even her pastor came by to share laughter and pick up their autograph copy of Mrs. Gordon’s new book, Please Love Me. This is the third novel that she…
Most of us. in my experience, dabble with the Psalms. We dip into one or another from time to time, and carve out our favorites, but we usually don’t consider the Book of Psalms as a unit with a point of view, or a comprehensive message from the totality of psalms. Robert MacDonald wants to…
