Category: church

SHINE concert

October 8, 2024 | 31 comments

For anyone who lives in driving distance of Pasco, Washington, my church is sponsoring a musical celebration, Saturday, October 19, at 7 p.m., which is sure to inspire and delight. As part of our 100th anniversary this year, my church

Equal rights for women in religion

July 29, 2024 | 35 comments

Jessica Grose wrote a thought-provoking article titled “Young women are fleeing organized religion,” published in the New York Times, June 12, 2024. She writes, “While over the past half-century, Americans of all ages, genders and backgrounds have moved away from

Church is not dead

July 19, 2024 | 27 comments

“My church is dead,” a friend lamented after attending a series of church services that failed to inspire him. “What church are you attending?” I asked.  “A church of matter or the church of Spirit?”   I remember a time when

A funny story

September 4, 2023 | 36 comments

A reader sent me this story. There was a Scottish house painter named Smokey MacGregor who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit

Religious practice is active in the US

August 23, 2022 | 28 comments

There is so much talk in the press about religion dying away in America, that it was refreshing to read an article testifying to the opposite. Two authors contend that religious practice in the United States is far more active