Friday, September 02, 2022

Friday's Catch: 'Tribalism’s Awful Antidote' and More


Tribalism’s Awful Antidote
We’re made to have a herd. Made to transcend it, too.

If We Don't Understand How People Actually LIve, Our Solutions Won't Really Appeal
Too often our thinking doesn't speak to how people really live and think.

Sowing Seeds of Discord 
Frank Viola identifies one of the ways that dissension is caused in the local church.

When You Hear of a Scandal 
Daryl Dash shares four important lessons he learned on how to guard our heart when we hear of another leader's fall.

9 Things Great Leaders Do
We can learn about leadership from Acts' account of how the Apostles led the Church in Jerusalem.

6 Ways Churches Honor Their Pastor with Rest
Aaron and Hur provided Moses rest, even in the heat of battle. Here are six things any church member can do to give their pastor rest.

Younger people more likely to pray than older generations, survey finds
Younger adults are more likely to pray than older generations, according to a survey for the Church of England published today showing that nearly half of UK adults report having ever offered up some form of prayer.

Northern California diocese encourages churches to cultivate land to benefit others
With rising food prices due to inflation and drought and other climate-related issues affecting agricultural areas of the United States planting a community garden is an idea that local churches of other denominations may wish to consider as well as Episcopal churches.

31 UMC churches in NC demand immediate exit from denomination, threaten lawsuit
Legal action or the threat of legal action represents a new strategy on behalf of churches wanting an immediate exit from the United Methodist Church.

Bishops call for rejecting ‘idolatry of guns’
During their online meeting Aug. 26, bishops unanimously affirmed a statement addressing gun violence. To stop the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. and around the globe, bishops are urging United Methodists to raise their prayers to God and contact their elected leaders.

Church must address property issues in net-zero effort
The mismatch between small, aging congregations and oversized, overly costly, underused, undermaintained real estate — not only sanctuaries, but also education buildings, parsonages and parking lots — looms as a financial and environmental crisis, regardless of affiliation.

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