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Rich Sicard’s trips abroad with students in the health professions are all about connections: making connections between training and experience, making connections with the local church, making connections between students and advisers, and making connections with God’s mission.Rich is an InterVarsity staff member working with graduate students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.Read more of this story.
After reviewing more than 100 résumés over six months, the pastoral search committee for a key pastoral spot on the church’s ministry team could not decide on a candidate. Then a copy of that one, unexpected application package appeared in each of their boxes. The candidate appeared to have stellar qualifications: the right experience, the right theology, the right education, the right recommendations and connections. It appeared as if he would fit very nicely into the complex dynamics and demands of the multi-staff ministry at our large church. The committee met and agreed to act quickly. However, the question soon…
Francine Tate has been found alive and well in Northern Wisconsin. The announcement came at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon from Dane County Sheriff’s Officials.More from the Wisconsin State Journal
How do wealthy ministries spend the millions of dollars that Americans give them? Many of them won’t say, and few donors seem to know. That’s where Rusty Leonard and Wall Watchers come in.Read more of this story.
When a pickup truck backed out of a driveway into the side of James Giles’ passing Saturn Vue this spring, his FaithGuard insurance policy waived the $250 upfront deductible because the Kenosha man was driving to a Sunday morning service at First Christian Church in the Town of Bristol.Read more of this story.
ATLANTA — Here at the International Christian Retail Show it is, to borrow a phrase from Charles Dickens, the best of times or the worst of times, depending on whom you ask.Read more of this story.
Many young people rank listening to a sermon right up there with a trip to the dentist’s office or taking a pop quizBut what if that sermon included miming, inspiring music and dramatic dance moves?"Some people go to sleep listening to preachers," said Mason Porter, a Dallas mime who uses his talent for the dramatic to encourage people to embrace the Christian faith. "We’re outta the box."Read more of this story.
Could the next Harry Potter be a devout Christian?As the days tick down until Saturday, when a breathless world learns the fate of the teenage wizard, a new breed of fantasy fiction, with Potter-style stories, is emerging.Read more of this story.
Francine Tate disappeared after attending a Tuesday night prayer meeting at the offices of MadCity Church on East Washington Avenue. She never made it to her home in DeForest. She said she was going to stop at Token Creek Park on the way home to look for something she had lost while visiting the park on Sunday.Francine Tate is a kindergarten teacher at Abundant Life Christian School and helps lead the Alpha program at Mad City Church. The family is asking for prayers of safety, protection and that everything is okay, and that they will hear from her soon. Her…
COMMENTARY "There is nothing new under the sun," proclaims the Book of Ecclesiastes. The rise of the new new atheism confirms this ancient biblical wisdom.Of course the famous words of Ecclesiastes should not be taken in a slavishly literal sense, a technique that is all-too-common among those who think they can refute belief in God by showing that the Bible abounds in demonstrably false and self-contradictory statements.Read more of this story.