(ChurchLeaders) Third grader Lydia Booth has been banned from wearing a mask that says “Jesus Love Me” at her elementary school. But the love Jesus is only shining brighter because of her stand. “Dear Lydia, I’m praying for you!” said one of two sisters who wrote Lydia encouraging notes after learning what she is going through. The girl continued, I’m glad that … [Read more...] about Girl Banned From Wearing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ Mask Is Still Pointing Classmates to Jesus
Faith
No ‘Moore’ SBC: Russell Moore Is Leaving the ERLC and Joining Christianity Today
Russell Moore announced Wednesday that he is leaving his position as the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission [ERLC] of the Southern Baptist Convention after eight years. Moore is taking a position at Christianity Today as public theologian and director of a new Christianity Today Public Theology … [Read more...] about No ‘Moore’ SBC: Russell Moore Is Leaving the ERLC and Joining Christianity Today
Missouri Dem Supposedly Cured of COVID Through Faith-Healing-by-Phone
(The Washington Free Beacon) Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) spent years working as a faith healer for a religious group that claims to have resurrected the dead and cured thousands of people suffering from AIDS, cancer, paralysis, and other serious maladies—including Bush’s own severe case of coronavirus last year. Bush did not have medical insurance when she was hospitalized with … [Read more...] about Missouri Dem Supposedly Cured of COVID Through Faith-Healing-by-Phone
Crying as a Spiritual Discipline May Change How You See the World
by Benjamin Perry (RNS) Early in seminary, I had a startling realization: I hadn’t cried in years. While this isn’t particularly unusual — sadly, it's all too normative — it struck me as serious deficiency for an aspiring clergyperson. I felt that I was missing out on a core part of what it meant to be human. I worried that this failing would hinder my ability to provide … [Read more...] about Crying as a Spiritual Discipline May Change How You See the World
Ann Voskamp Spends 12 Scary Hours in ER for Unknown Bacterial Infection
Bestselling Christian author Ann Voskamp was hospitalized this past week because of an unknown infection resulting in a fever that reached 103.1 Fahrenheit and, according to her sister Molly, wouldn’t stop climbing. Sister to Ann Voskamp Asks for Prayer Molly posted on Voskamp’s Instagram page asking her 318k followers to pray for Ann. Doctors … [Read more...] about Ann Voskamp Spends 12 Scary Hours in ER for Unknown Bacterial Infection