I remember once, in a church where I was a pastor, that the suggestion was made that we set up a coffee urn in the lobby. I’m not a big coffee drinker—a cup is about all the caffeine I can handle—but I didn’t see what it could hurt. Virtually everyone in the meeting admitted they […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-the-weak-sister-the-coffee-urn/

par Thandazani Mhlanga  |  17 janvier 2025  | Nous autres, dans le monde occidental, avons été grandement influencés par la Grèce antique. Aristote avait des opinions bien arrêtées – sur la question du genre, par exemple, et celui des femmes, en particulier. Il leur attribuait un statut de deuxième classe et pensait qu’elles étaient des […] Source: https://atoday.org/pas-de-leaders-masculins-pas-de-leaders-feminins-des-leaders-tout-simplement/

En mi lengua materna, el holandés, deseamos a la gente un «feliz» o un «bendito» año nuevo. Hay una historia sobre el origen de esta diferencia: los protestantes prefieren el término «feliz», mientras que los católicos optan por «bendecido». Me gustan ambos conceptos: la felicidad humana y la bendición divina.   Durante la última semana […] Source: https://atoday.org/las-bendiciones-de-un-ano-nuevo/

by Loren Seibold  |  17 January 2025  |   In comments under a recent Aunt Sevvy, someone asked about the status of church employees under the law. The question intrigued me enough that I started digging a bit into it. (I’m focusing here on the United States, since that’s where I have lived and worked. Perhaps […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-ministerial-exception-why-church-workers-dont-have-employment-protection/

by Don Fraser  |  16 January 2025  | What follows is, I admit, speculation. I’m exploring the possibility that we human beings might have been genetically designed to have access to both eternal existence and to the infinite universe.  There are two key phrases from the story of creation as set out in chapter 1 […] Source: https://atoday.org/genes-and-genesis-are-we-designed-to-grow-for-eternity/