Menlo Park Presbyterian to leave PC(USA). Part of the reason was multisite. I’ve worshipped at one of their branch campuses and can’t imagine anything more ridiculous than the denomination sticking on this point.
Bill Gates’ family goes to Catholic Church. And some thoughts by Gates about poverty from the same Rolling Stones interview with Bill Gates:
The way we help the poor out today [is also a problem]. You have Section 8 housing, food stamps, fuel programs, very complex medical programs. It’s all high-overhead, capricious, not well-designed. Its ability to distinguish between somebody who has family that could take care of them versus someone who’s really out on their own is not very good, either. It’s a totally gameable system – not everybody games it, but lots of people do. Why aren’t the technocrats taking the poverty programs, looking at them as a whole, and then redesigning them? Well, they are afraid that if they do, their funding is going to be cut back, so they defend the thing that is absolutely horrific. Just look at low-cost housing and the various forms, the wait lists, things like that.
Some of the types of idolatry that can occur when Christians gather for worship.
How Viktor Frankl’s thoughts about a meaningful life inspired Donald Miller.
- Have a project you’re working on that requires your unique skills and abilities. And preferably a project that helps others.
- Share your experiences within the context of safe, loving relationships.
- Find a redemptive perspective on your suffering and challenges.
How to teach a new song to your congregation.
A preemptive church leadership conversation (about burnout).
Complaints about Presbyterians borrowing too much liturgy from Rome. (Here’s what Calvin used as a liturgy.)