Order of worship — February 12, 2023
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
In this lesson, children will examine Jesus’ message about anger in his Sermon on the Mount and will consider how addressing disagreements with the intent to repair our relationships can draw us closer to one another.
How do we continue to live when our mentors and leaders leave us?
The technology is providing a way for future generations to interact with a hologram-style likenesses of Holocaust survivors.
This year’s Super Bowl will feature a $20 million pair of pro-Jesus ads promoting the idea that Jesus ‘gets us,’ part of the larger ‘He Gets Us’ campaign. Organizers hope to spend a billion dollars in the next three years to redeem Jesus’ brand.
For our February issue on pilgrimage, Teri Ott reflects on the connection between the archetypical hero's journey and traveling as a pilgrim.
Three software programs to take your Scripture explorations to the next level.
'I really didn’t have money to open a bar,' said Lipstick Lounge-owner Jonda Valentine. 'But I really believed that’s what God wanted me to do.'
Critics are questioning whether the change is a full departure from the past or merely cosmetic.
Outlook Book Review Editor Amy Pagliarella and her teenage son Rowan discuss Jon Acuff's book Your News Playlist.
Maggie Alsup invites us to remember the moment of now.
An analysis of departing churches suggests the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination will be weakened, but it is unlikely to break.
The proposed policy 'borders on a wealth test for some of the most vulnerable children and families,' said one advocate.
The Beauty of Motherhood encourages mothers and caregivers to pause and find the holy in the beautiful, mundane chaos of parenting.
Whether you know it or not, you have a biblical hermeneutic — maybe even more than one.
Can we clap after a beautiful song?
To Chuching Wang, who helped organize the vigil, it was deeply moving to see people of different ethnicities and religions unite in the aftermath of the shooting that struck the Chinese American community.
Kathy Bradley’s experience with navigating the complexities of long-term care and the founding of Our Mother’s Voice.
Sara Pantazes, a mother and director of faith formation, shares why churches should talk about justice with kids, and a couple of ideas of where these conversations can start.
For Walter Canter, one tragedy of the Revised Common Lectionary is its compression of the Sermon on the Mount. His invitation: read the whole thing. If Jesus had an album of his greatest hits, this would be it.
'It's really going to move more towards a local level,' said Fr. Dave Pivonka, who attended the march.
'Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California' recounts how 'divine healing' was seen as a pragmatic way to care for impoverished workers who lacked regular access to medical care.
Commissioners discuss how to organize their work and what resources they might need, such as agency descriptions, organizational charts and basic budgets.
As salt of the world, Christians are called to bring out the God-given goodness that already exists around us. But we can't forget that Jesus' command in Matthew 5:13 is plural: we can only be salt of the world when we act alongside our Christian siblings.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.