May 15, 2015
What Christians must understand — and accept — about these statistics is that religious data about a country doesn’t accurately reflect its corporate actions pertaining to following Christ.
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What Christians must understand — and accept — about these statistics is that religious data about a country doesn’t accurately reflect its corporate actions pertaining to following Christ.
"Ideally, we outgrow much of our childishness and maintain many of our childlike qualities. It’s a lifelong process. ... Power and privilege tap into the childish mindset: If you don’t do as I wish or give me what I want, I will fire you or excommunicate you. I‘ll get you exiled from the playhouse."
Into the Playhouse by Joe Kay
"Just because we can’t provide clarity to the situation doesn’t mean we can’t start talking about it. God has given me a passion for mental health advocacy but for some reason, throughout my entire life I have never heard a sermon on the issue. Wake up, church!"
We Need to Talk About Mental Health (by Jess Breslin)
"We can start with NOT being silent about what is happening in the institutional church."
Read more here: "Time to Change the Rules? Examining Our Relationship With Money" by Rosa Lee Harden
"The president said, “But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.” While we welcome that declaration, it too is but a bridge statement. We have got to cross over that settled debate and go somewhere."
Read more in "What Good Is a Bridge If We Never Cross It?" by Lowell Bliss
"Children’s faiths are constantly being shaped and formed by the people around them and by the answers they get to important questions. If we cannot articulate our faith in a way that a child can understand, then we have a failure in communication."
"Rethinking 'Faith Like A Child,'" by Evan Dolive
"When we portray a life that is always high on presence and never candid enough to struggle with the absence, we fill the air with more pollution than a diesel tractor. ... Eventually, its expectations crush the soul."
Those Who Know Where Pain Lives: A Treatise on Presence (by Kelli Woodford)