Thursday, May 18, 2023

Thursday's Catch: '3 Key Reasons to Talk About Mental Health at Church' And More


3 Key Reasons to Talk About Mental Health at Church
The lack of discussion on mental health in the Church can make it challenging for individuals to seek help and support—from one of the best places to receive hope and healing.

The Power of Solutions Can Transform Your Leadership (and Your Team)
Just pointing out problems doesn't fix the problems....

How Normative-Sized Church Pastors Are Recruiting Leaders
A group of pastors and church leaders have a conversation about what it’s like recruiting leaders in the normative-sized church.

Former Bethel Worship Leader Steffany Gretzinger Explains How We’ve Gotten Worship Wrong
Without naming names or recording labels, Gretzinger spoke caution to worship leaders, especially young worship leaders. It’s so easy to lose focus. While many worship songs are focused on the one, true God, so many more songs speak to our individual experience and benefits we receive from God. “Can we first be obsessed with the one we are singing to?” asked Gretzinger.

Don’t Give Up Too Quickly
Perhaps the Lord is displaying his wisdom when he makes us wait. He’s showing what we really want when we either abandon or persist in prayer."

Best Small Group Food Ideas: Dump Cake
You haven’t made a dump cake before? Basically it’s an easy dessert you create by dumping a few ingredients, usually using a cake mix and fruit filling, into a pan and baking it in the oven. There are many dump cake recipes to be discovered in cookbooks and online.

Faith leaders urge Scottish Parliament not to legalise assisted suicide
Scottish faith leaders are today making a joint plea to MSPs to reject the legalisation of assisted suicide in Scotland. The Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly, the Rt Rev Iain Greenshields, the Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland, Bishop John Keenan, and the Imam of Dundee Central Mosque, Imam Shaykh Hamza Khandwalla, will hold a meeting with MSPs at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday to express their opposition.

Anger management and guns
Anger is clearly at the root of our mass shootings.

Most Parents Effective at Passing Down Faith and Politics
Parents transmit their faith and politics to their children at similar rates despite saying they care more about passing down faith.

Judge clears way for disaffiliations from United Methodist Church in north Georgia
The North Georgia Conference had barred churches wishing to leave the UMC from disaffiliating before the 2024 General Conference.
Related: Judge lifts North Georgia disaffiliation pause

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