Presumably, you don’t even have to acknowledge anymore the borrowed idea of the appearance of three ghosts: Past, Present, and Future, or cite “The Christmas Carol,” or give any reference to Charles Dickens or his estate or his descendants.
JERUSALEM — (ENI) The grand mufti of Jerusalem has protested that the Israeli authorities prevented his meeting with journalists taking place at a hotel in East Jerusalem. The press conference was held in an open field.
During its second broadcast, the new “God Complex” radio show, a brand-new, bicoastal Internet radio venture featuring General Assembly moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow and blogger Carol Howard Merritt, took on the question of whether small churches can continue to afford an educated clergy.
The blessing-curse of a reputation is that we tend to live up to it.
Numbers don’t show everything, but sometimes the big statistical picture can help explain some churches’ leadership matching dilemmas.
WASHINGTON — Advisers tapped to help guide the White House’s revamped faith-based office say their role is still evolving as the initiative expands its portfolio and tries to find its footing in the young Obama administration.
You’ve just hung up the phone and are shaking your head. Me teach Adult Church School? I don’t know enough to do that. I’m no expert on the Bible or theology. What were they thinking?”
You’ve been asked to teach Sunday School or a Bible study in your church.
As a Christian educator, the knowledge of human growth and faith developmental theories is imperative for writing appropriate lesson plans, crafting suitable sermons, and for best relating to your congregation.
Although published nearly 20 years ago, Generations by William Strauss and Neil Howe offers church leaders and educators a framework for understanding both those who are in and those who are out of our pews.
Family members may think that taking their children to Sunday School is their main act of Christian education, but what they do seven days a week is most critical.
What might a career educator say to teachers trying to find their way through a classroom of children or youth?
Why is the Presbyterian Church losing members? The reason may be right in front of us but unrecognized because it is not theological and has little to do with the Culture Wars or politics.
I’m going to take the risky route and borrow from pop culture. Not too long ago I was “contemplating” life and faith, using a reality show as my “text.”
One of the mandates from last year’s General Assembly is to “grow the church deep and wide” in evangelism, discipleship, servanthood, and diversity.
“The article is for people who are already teaching an adult class,” the editor said when he invited me to contribute an essay for this education issue of The Presbyterian Outlook.
The slides are shaping up on your laptop computer.
For the past few weeks I’ve been teaching an adult Sunday school class in a local congregation.
Recently a rare event occurred in Judaism, a holiday that comes around only once in 28 years, Birchat HaChammah, the blessing of the sun, which, as Samuel Freedman of The New York Times said in his weekly religion column, is observed when “the sun moves into the same place in the sky at the same time and on the same day of the week as it did when God made it.”
At the risk of offending everyone, I’d like to talk plainly about Sunday School.
“Star Trek” is the kind of prequel that you wish the last “Star Wars” could have been.
San Francisco Theological Seminary — hard-hit by the economy — has announced $1.6 million in budget cuts, including a 22-percent reduction in staff and faculty positions.
Three ministers from San Francisco Presbytery are appealing a ruling from the Synod of the Pacific Permanent Judicial Commission in a case involving Lisa Larges, a lesbian who has fought for years to be ordained as minister by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This morning as I was on my treadmill doing an imitation of a hamster in pursuit of lower cholesterol scores, I listened..
Based on a true story, “The Soloist” is about Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a Los Angeles columnist, encountering a homeless man with a violin, and being unexpectedly moved by the technique, and the passion, of the musician.
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