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WASHINGTON — The morning meeting could have been at any news outlet, with discussion around the glass conference-room table about stem cells, Iraq and the presidential candidates. But afterward the members of the small group in the room bowed their heads in prayer.Read more of this story.
A president has to be a preacher of sorts, instructing, consoling, summoning citizens to sacrifice for some common good. But candidates are competitors, which means they seldom manage to talk about faith in a way that doesn’t disturb people, doesn’t divide them, doesn’t nail campaign posters on the gates of heaven. Republicans have been charged with exploiting religious voters, Democrats with ignoring them: Hillary Clinton’s voice gets tight as she recalls the mocking response she received when she first spoke in spiritual terms about the longing that people felt to invest in causes larger than self-interest. "I talked about my…
The love of money doesn’t have to be the root of all evil, according to several organizations active in "values investing." The search for stocks and mutual funds known for religious virtue as well as financial vitality has shot up in recent years with a proliferation of evangelical Protestant, Catholic and Muslim investment companies.Read more of this story.
The 9th Annual Lifest Festival is kicking off, bringing together over 150 of top names in Christian music and comedy.Held yearly at the Sunnyview Fairgrounds in Oshkosh, Wis., and running until Sunday, the event has organizers excited as they look forward to encouraging attendants to celebrate their faith while building a relationship with God.Read more of this story.Lifest is in its 9th year, and features Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Jars of Clay, comedian Victoria Jackson, and much, much more.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–The sins of a nation drew an estimated 55,000 believers to Nashville July 7 to convene a "solemn assembly" and pray for spiritual awakening among America’s young people.Christians from all 50 states and countries as far away as Nepal and Mongolia gathered in Nashville’s riverfront LP Field for The Call -– 12 hours of worship and prayer they hoped would spark a renewal movement that would sweep the country.Read more of this story.After participating in a 12-hour prayer for the nation during Saturday’s TheCall event in Nashville, Tenn., hundreds of young people plan to take a 35-day road…
(CBS) From the moment they met four years ago in a Baghdad orphanage, one little Iraqi boy reached out to Maj. Scott Southworth and decided he was going to be his dad. What neither of them could have know then, was that by bringing Alla’a to the United States and adopting him, Southworth would save him from starvation and filthy conditions at the government-run orphanage where 24 orphans were found last month.Read more of this story.Wisconsin resident Scott Southworth is also the District Attorney for Juneau County. Eleven years ago, as a University of Wisconsin law student, he and other Christian students filed…
FIRST PERSONAs I look back on the River Food Pantry’s first year of service to Dane County, I am struck by how blessed we are as an organization. We have been the beneficiary of incredibly generous support from two organizations, Mad City Church and Housing Ministries of American Baptists in Wisconsin. We know the latter as Northport Apartments and Packer Townhouses. Then there’s the Madison electrical contractor who totally financed the building’s new electrical service. Other organizations, both churches and corporations have stepped up to help generously with their time and financial support.
The Reverend Brian Kluth of First Evangelical Free Church of Colorado Springs is a nationally recognized expert on separating people from their money and making them feel good about it.Read more of this story.
American spirituality is a mile wide but only an inch deep. “America is awash in faith,” said D.G. Hart, a church history scholar, but people often are not clear in what their religion teaches. David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, reached a similar conclusion after directing a recent study on Americans’ beliefs and behavior.Read more of this story.
Historic Lambeau Field, just this side of heaven for the most devoted Green Bay Packers fans, will replace beers and cheers with prayers and praise on July 7 as thousands of Christians gather for what may be the first faith-based event ever held there.Read more of this story.http://www.leapoffaithlambeau.org/