What effect does the public reading of Scripture have on worship, and how exactly should it be done? In this video interview, Christine Burkett illumines the powerful effect children, youth, and seniors can have on the reading of Scripture during worship.
Craig Keener’s landmark two volume set on Miracles offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical issues involved in the reliability of miracle accounts, and in the process, also offers trustworthy accounts of modern-day gifts of healing from God. Included in the interview are Keener’s reflections on the research process, personal stories, and even an account from John Wesley’s journal about divine healing.
Watch this week’s Aging and Spirituality video from the Soul Care Collective. Don Demaray’s continues his reflections on retirement and the theology of tea.
In today’s video from the Soul Care Collective, Dr. Catherine Stonehouse explains why it’s important to keep children in worship services, and how it’s possible to keep them engaged in compelling ways.
Today’s Aging and Spirituality post features Dr. Ellsworth Kalas, who shares with us some wisdom on preparing for retirement.
Does it really matter whether we are optimists or pessimists? What can positive thinking really do? In today’s Aging and Spirituality series video, Dr. Don Demaray explains how thinking positively can make an impact on your life.
Should we have kids programs at church? How about special programs for youth? In today’s interview, Catherine Stonehouse discusses the possible negative side effects on the church’s health and spirituality.
In today’s Aging and Spirituality series video, Dr. J Ellsworth Kalas shares with us what it means to be a Christian in retirement. Watch for a look inside the new Soul Care Collective, and click to find more resources.
What spiritual possibilities exist in the difficult phase of aging? In today’s video interview, Dr. Donald Demaray speaks to us about sensitive issues like caring for a spouse with dementia, children having crises, and the grace involved in each process.
What do you expect to happen when the Word of God is read in church? Do you treat the reading of Scripture in a way that is conducive to these effects? In today’s video interview, Christine Parton Burkette of Duke Divinity School shares how the public reading of Scripture will never be the same once we come to terms with its central role in the worship service.
In his new book, The Gospel of Jesus, Ben Witherington III gets behind the canonical Gospels and offers us a historical recreation that reveal the single, linear story of Jesus life. His hope is that we might see Jesus more clearly, love him for dearly, and follow him more nearly—even if for the first time.
In this episode of The Threshing Floor Joshua interviews the Rev. Carolyn Moore, founding pastor of Mosiac United Methodist Church in Augusta, Georgia. Carolyn shares her story of call, the role her family plays in her ministry, how there needs to be a different conversation about gender roles in leadership.
