Bibles Abound in Our Homes, But Are They Read?

A story from Religion News Service reports that if someone could gather up all the Bibles either being used or gathering dust in U.S. homes, the stack would be 29 million feet tall – a tower that would rise more than 5,400 miles. For comparative purposes, the...

Two good words

A “Hopeful Imagination” seminar hosted Oct. 22-23 by First Baptist Church of Wilmington brought together more than 300 church leaders from eight or nine states, all hoping to find help in imagining a new and brighter future for their congregations.  ...

How many Bibles do you own?

  A story from Religion News Service reports that if someone could gather up all the Bibles either being used or gathering dust in American homes, the stack would be 29 million feet tall — a tower that would rise more than 5,400 miles. For comparative...

To work, or not to work …

I’m having a hard time getting the high sense of entitlement that has led to hundreds of street protests in France, some of which have turned violent. More than a million people have been rallying in the streets, going on strike, shutting down transportation...

Surprised by Joy

When the skeptic-turned-believer C. S. Lewis wrote an autobiographical account of his early years, he called it Surprised by Joy. One of the central points Lewis made was that joy is not automatic. It is not something you can buy at the store. It is not something you...