United Church tries to figure out how to draw in the fence-sitters
Can the folks who show up for church only at Christmas and Easter be persuaded to become regulars?
Green purchases alone won’t get us out of the climate crisis
Think you're doing your bit for the environment? Here's the deal: you're just getting started
How to share travel tales without boring your listeners
Remember: You’re probably not actually Mother Teresa.
Convention of atheists causes writer to fine-tune what she believes
She can't denounce her faith in God, just as she can't denounce her faith in love, art, nature, science, beauty or humanity.
President Barack Obama is a gifted orator, a skill learned at church
His prowess stems from the fact that he keeps even mundane topics in the context of the biblical story of heading for
Church founded by son of disgraced televangelists is small, humble
Jay Bakker, son of Jim and Tammy Faye, preaches at Revolution Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., baffled by Christians who want to force
Church calls me, even though I left it behind long ago, author says
She decided to go to a United Church service five weeks in a row. She didn't have a big "aha" moment, but
Suicide rates in Northern Ireland have skyrocketed — since peace
The society has been traumatized by years of sectarian violence, but now that Catholics and Protestants share power, self-harm has struck hard
Perfectionism is rampant in our culture but maybe the idea is flawed
Rather than striving, the process of becoming perfect is dynamic, and requires us to let go and open to the flow
Suicide bombings are on the rise and are often cloaked in religion
Terrorist organizations recruiting people to commit suicide bombings are using religious language to draw a smokescreen over their political agendas
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