By Dan Lentz 1. Give group members pieces of paper and ask them to write their names at the top. Then ask them to draw a line on their paper and write the word concrete at the left end of the line and the word creative at the right end of the line. Creative […]
By Christy Barritt Low Public Support for Affirmative Action An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll asked 1,000 adults, “Is affirmative action still needed, or should it be ended?” Forty-five percent answered that it should be ended. That number is an all-time high since the poll began asking the question in 1991. Affirmative action was […]
By Debbie Amend The example and teachings of Christ are, by far, the driving vision and purpose surrounding community outreach for many churches across the country. Churches are making inroads into their communities in many ways, from food pantries and parent respite to medical clinics and support for homeless shelters. These forms of outreach […]
By Terry MacCabe A Facebook friend recently posted, “How can we worship with a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?” It was one of those posts I wanted to comment on, but didn’t want to make waves with a friend (who, like most of my Facebook friends, I don’t know well). […]
By Shawn McMullen Search me. Since the early 1900s the phrase has been used to say, “I don’t know” or “How should I know?” An online reference (thefreedictionary.com) defines it this way: “I do not know. You can search my clothing and my person, but you won’t find the answer to your question anywhere […]
