1. Never assume, because you are a Christian, that people know you love them.
I mention this one first because it’s been at the front of my mind for some time now.
Read More »1. Never assume, because you are a Christian, that people know you love them.
I mention this one first because it’s been at the front of my mind for some time now.
Read More »ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS) The Assemblies of God, a denomination rooted in rural and small town America, appears to have leaped into the 21st century with dramatic results.
At its General Council meeting this week (Aug. 5-9), the denomination touted its formula for defying the seemingly irreversible decline of other religious groups: contemporary music, arts and high-tech quality communication, outreach to young people, immigrants and ethnic minorities.
Read More »Take a step back and think of where our society stands at this point in history. We’ve seen the industrial revolution, the automotive revolution, the electrical revolution and the computer revolution.
Read More »I pack a few clothes and my mp3 player to board the plane for southeastern Kansas. My great-grandfather Henry and his family packed everything they owned on a train. They stopped and purchased land because there was a Lutheran Church, and so my Grandfather Erwin grew up on the farm. He left to become a German professor, and today I know almost nothing about farming.
Read More »Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ came first, then the city of Spokane.
Built in 1890, the church watched the city grow up around it — a high school, a freeway, other churches.
Read More »Who cares about some dumb old church? Well, I do. And maybe you do too.
My wife and I bought an old World War I-era historic building in Spokane in December of 2000.
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