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Jeff Hardin, chair of the department of zoology, University of Wisconsin (BioLogos Board Chair) I’m a Christian because the Christian story of the world – and of myself – makes sense of reality. The Gospel – an old English word for “Good News” – is a Big Story that involves each one of us, but it’s also one of cosmic proportions.

Rev. David Hart celebrated his first anniversary as the pastor of Sherman Ave. Church, the same way he celebrated his arrival — on the streets of the north side. On this occasion, however, there were no streamers. No food. No music. No balloons or other party favors. Just the sun peeking through the the clouds, and a somber quiet that hung thick and viscous in the air. Rev. Hart was in a north side apartment complex, talking to residents who had been affected by recent gun violence. As Rev. Hart shared prayers and listened to stories, children rode their bikes cautiously through the…

It’s been making big headlines: The first American workers are getting injected with microchips. The Wisconsin company that’s doing it says it’s the future, and it’s all about convenience. But the idea is sparking opposition from both religious and secular circles, from biblical End Times concerns to privacy rights. Pastor Dave Doyle from Hope Christian Fellowship Church in Iowa says the microchips make him think about the “mark of the Beast” from Revelation 13:16, according to KCRG in Cedar Rapids.

Financial Gifts Help Advance $1.5 Million Capital Campaign These are exciting times for the students of Lighthouse Christian School. With the beginning of the new school year just weeks away, a $1.5 million renovation of Lighthouse Christian’s new location at 6400 Schroeder Road (the old Intervarsity building) is nearing completion, and seven area churches have already committed to the capital campaign. The gifts of these churches demonstrate growing support from area Christian communities to promote the mission of solving the achievement gap among low-income minority students.

Financial Gifts Help Advance $1.5 Million Capital Campaign These are exciting times for the students of Madison’s Lighthouse Christian School. With the beginning of the new school year just weeks away, a $1.5 million renovation of Lighthouse Christian’s new location at 6400 Schroeder Road (the old Intervarsity building) is nearing completion, and seven area churches have already committed to the capital campaign.The gifts of these churches demonstrate growing support from area Christian churches to promote the mission of solving the achievement gap among low-income minority students.

MILWAUKEE — For Nicole Sponseller, a getaway to Milwaukee has typically meant trips to the zoo, museums or maybe a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park. The 85-mile trip from Madison’s West Side has never ended at 40th Street and Hampton Avenue in one of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods. Nicole, 15, a soon-to-be junior at West High School, is part of a youth group from Asbury United Methodist Church on Madison’s Far West Side that spent a recent week scraping, painting, climbing ladders and immersing themselves in a part of Wisconsin that many try to avoid.

A conversation featuring Alex Gee, pastor of Madison’s Fountain of Life Covenant Church, and Henry Sanders, publisher and CEO of Madison 365, talking about being Black in Madison, the Justified Anger movement, and much more.   More from Madison 365 at: http://madison365.com/.

Vern Visick came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to serve an ecumenical Campus Ministry, centered at Pres House, with a Danforth Study special assignment to study religion and politics, and student development around spiritual and ethical issues. He worked there from 1975-1998, and earned the Francis Asbury award for “creativity in campus ministry programming” in 1996. While in Madison he helped organize and then led for fifteen years the Agenda for a Prophetic Faith in Madison, the largest and longest running series of lectures on religion and politics in the country. And he did a lot more. Vernon Mansell…

MADISON (WKOW) — A local long-term care center is hoping to grow into a Therapeutic Interactive Intergenerational Neighborhood (TIIN). The idea was born from founder Karin Krause’s life experience.  Krause is the RN Executive Director at Hope and a Future on Madison’s west side.  The adult family home has been a pet project of hers for a long time, she says. After she saw someone close to her being referred to as a room number instead of her name in a nursing home, Krause knew she wanted to go into healthcare and make a difference.  “I’m just a praying sort of person,…

Mr. Middleton.  The very best of our community.  The right Dad for MOM.  The kindest person you will ever meet.  Role model. A community hero, and friend. Those are just a few of the words that have been used to describe Al Ripp over the past weeks. Our hearts broke when we heard that Al Ripp, Executive Director of Middleton Outreach Ministry, passed away unexpectedly on June 14, 2017.