Monday's Catch: What Is Your Golden Calf? And More

You’re Probably Worshiping a False God The past five years and the COVID-19 pandemic has convinced me that many Christians are worshiping idols of their own creating instead of honoring and serving God. They have also convinced me that I need to examine myself for those places in my life where I am putting someone else or something else before God.

Should We Cite Mental Health as a Reason to Lift Covid Restrictions? Is mask wearing, social distancing and other COVID-19 safety measures damaging our metal health? Or is the claim that they damage our mental health another rationalization for not doing the right thing and jeopardizing the safety of others as well as our own safety?

Search Me, O God, and Know My Political Heart Have our political views gotten out of hand? Do they jive with what Jesus taught, with the example that he set for us?

Seven Heartfelt Prayers by Pastors for Their Churches in 2021 Thom Rainer asked pastors a simple question on social media: “What are your prayers for your church for 2021?” He received hundreds of responses, but the answers were amazingly consistent. He has posted what are the top seven prayers in order of frequency.

Navigating Pastoral Care through COVID-19 and Christmas This year pastors are fatigued, congregations are frustrated, and the pandemic is ferocious. What a combination! So, what can pastors do to survive this season and provide all-important pastoral care?

Watts and Wesley: A Tale of Two Hymn Writers and the Christmas Carols That Remain with Us "As Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Nignt" is the Watts' Christmas carol that appears in early hymn collections, not "Joy to the World," which was one of Watt's metrical psalms.It is a paraphrase of Psalm 98. When "Joy to the World" is sung to RICHMOND, rather than AZMON,its appropriateness for use at other times beside Christmas become apparent. Psalm 98 is one of the alternative canticles at Evening Prayer and a number of Anglican service books permit the use of hymns and metrical psalms and canticles in place of the prose psalms and canticles.