The explosive growth of homeschooling, including among black Americans
Parents are taking their children’s education into their own hands in record numbers after a disastrously tumultuous school year.
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Tribalism: We don't want this, Mr. President!
Tribalism prevents different groups from seeing and working together in building a healthy and happy nation. Valuable time, energy, and resources are spent fighting, blaming, finger-pointing, seeking revenge, and killing. With that understanding, why encourage it here at home?
Is Israel an apartheid state
The original Durban conference was hijacked by people and a terrorist-supporting agenda rife with antisemitism. Clearly, the organizers this year missed the irony of hosting a conference 11 days after the 20th anniversary of the infamous terrorist attacks of September 11.
Can an atheist chaplain glorify God?
For if we take God out of the equation and admit that a chaplain doesn t need to be religious or spiritual, then what is the only difference between a counselor and a chaplain It s worship It s all ...
How to help children in Haiti: 3 lessons from 2010
Images of leveled buildings and a death rate estimated at 200,000 moved American Christians to respond with astounding generosity. Yet, their good intentions were often misguided, including the building, volunteering in and funding of orphanages.
Suicide prevention — pastors' role or another item on their plate?
Through the lens of a 30-year career Army chaplain, I see suicide prevention as analogous to a military operation. In operational planning, you have a reserve force, an element that can reinforce the efforts of a potentially besieged or overrun unit. From this perspective, I see the church and faith community as a key reinforcement to the increasing number of people struggling with suicidal thoughts in our society.
So you’ve decided to homeschool — now what?
Homeschooling is a wonderful opportunity. Pray and ask the Lord if homeschooling is right for your family. Talk with your family. Talk to other homeschooling families. If this is what you’re being called to, then welcome to the beginning of your homeschooling journey.
A Barometer for Healthy Congregations
Pastor Keith Herron explores the complex relationship between church growth and church health. This culminates in a barometer that begins with covenant and moves toward mission and purpose in order to define what a healthy church looks like.
10 attributes of the Church in mission
Consequently, the Church in Mission has people that know that their life is not worth living unless there is something worth dying for Christianity is about living a crucified life If we lose our ...
Harvard: From promoting Christ to promoting an atheist chaplain
The Reverend John Harvard must be rolling over in his grave America s oldest and most prestigious university, named in the Congregational minister s honor, just promoted a devout atheist to be their ...
