Tuesday, October 12, 2021

It's Tuesday: '7 Questions to Help You Better Know (and Love) Your Community' and More


7 Questions to Help You Better Know (and Love) Your Community
How well do you know your community? Do you know it well enough to help your congregation connect with people in the community?

The Pandemic Has Helped Religion’s Reputation. Do Religious Vaccine Resisters Put This Progress at Risk?
One of the reasons people are rejecting the local church is its failure to follow Jesus' teaching and example. One of the reasons people are attracted to the local is that it practices what Jesus taught and modeled. Jesus' teaching is to love others, take care of them as well as yourself. The anti-vaxx message is take care of yourself; you are not responsible for others.

Why Are So Many Young Adults Losing Their Faith?
I live in a small university town. From what I have seen, one of the reason that young people are losing their faith is the people who have the most influence in their lives, whether in person or online, do not encourage and reinforce their faith. In some instances they are actively undermining it in order to convert them to a different world view, a world view that is antithetical to what Jesus' teaching and example.

How Can Anxiety Be Good for Us
Christians experience anxiety and depression. It is more common than we want to think.

Prayer Doesn’t Fix Everything, But It Changes Everything (Yes, There’s a Difference)
God does not always work the way that we might like him to.

8 Thoughts That Help Me trust God When I Don't Understand
Like Chuck Lawless, I don’t always understand what God is doing in my life.

The God of Your Troubled Heart
Do you take your doubts and concerns to Jesus? If not, now is the time to start.

Trunk or Treat Ideas for Church: 27 Creative Harvest Event Themes
All Hallows Eve and Hallowmas are approach. Does you church do trunk or treat? It is a great outreach.

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