Church Makes Difference for 3rd-Grade Readers

The people of Second Baptist Church in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, entered into a season of discernment three or four years ago for our next missions venture. The congregation prayed for a vision from God and was polled to identify passions, gifts and concerns in...

Word of Thanks: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

EthicsDaily.com makes a difference for one simple earthly reason: our community. Call it the right people making good things happen. Call it the living cloud of witnesses. Why not call it the eCloud? Apostle Paul begins his letters with a word of thanks. “I...

A rare find

By John Pierce While pounding the payment this afternoon I came upon a rare and wondrous sight: a pick-up football game. In the yard. Without uniforms. No helicopter parents telling the kids what they should or shouldn’t have done on the last play. No constraints of a...

Bigger than words

I could be called a word man, I suppose — whether writing, reading, editing, teaching, or preaching, I’m dealing with words. And I like words. Love them, and the way they can be so expressive or descriptive or evocative. But sometimes words fail. How can...

7 Tips to Help Burned-Out Pastors

I attended a meeting of clergy recently, which began with us sitting in a small circle, coffees in hand, introducing ourselves and talking about the state of our ministries. I knew immediately how this would go and it met my expectations. It was the exact same...