Topic: Prayer
Richard Mouw: Prayers: Closeted or otherwise?
Sometimes we may be obligated to bring prayer out of the closet.
Jason Byassee: Spying God at Target
A “pinhead academic theologian” has to talk about God in the most public of places: the checkout line at Target.
Monday's News & Ideas
- Sermon as performance art
- The Abilities Church
- Prayers more powerful than guns
- Hard- wired for empathy
Friday's News & Ideas
- The president's open hand to Islam: pro and con
- Prayer changes you. Really. Neurologically.
- Atheism is more brittle than you thought
Wednesday's News & Ideas
- Quarterback sneak
- To be or not to be . . . a leader
- First, newspapers. Now . . . universities
- The return of Scrooge McDuck
Christopher L. Heuertz: Prayer as muscle memory and consent
A life of activism requires a contemplative basis: not making demands on God, but learning to say "Yes."
Tuesday's News & Ideas
Are excessive activities a sign of an ailing church? Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, worries about church bulletin boards that are overstuffed with announcements. Is there room left for God? For listening to the Christ who prays in and through the one in the pew beside you?
Jenny Williams: You can't lead without others
For SEVEN years, when my accountability group asked if I engaged in daily devotion, I reported “No.” It was the patience and prodding of my fellow clergy brothers and sisters that helped me actually do it.
Friday's News & Ideas
- Roadside prayer
- Vitality at the extremes, decline in the middle
- More Ivy League belt-tightening
- The capacity for renewal
Tuesday's News & Ideas
- A word from Tutu
- Religious bigotry
- We’re all theologians
- ‘Now I lay me down to sleep. . .’
- UMC giving down
- Young pastor brings new life
- King James and the American writer
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