The plan in Vallonia, Indiana, involves moon pies. 　　The sun will start to disappear at 1:49 p.m. The wide blue sky that stretches over the cornfields and soybeans along State Route 135 will grow darker and darker, until, after about an hour and 15 minutes, the small farming community of 379 souls will be cast into night. 　　The mooninvisible to...

　　Bump-stock devices, which are firearm accessories that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly, are a niche possession. They were used in the mass murder in Las Vegas in 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, and in the wake of that horror, their legality is up for debate. It is easy enough to understand why people with little interest...

　　There is a famous story about Elizabeth Anscombe, which kept drifting into my mind as I read Catherine Ruth Pakaluk’s new book, Hannah’s Children. Anscombe was an Oxford professor, a high-profile analytic philosopher, and also a mother of seven. People sometimes had opinions about that, and the story goes that she came into her classroom one day (pregnant with her...

　　God's Relentless Pursuit 　　Weekly Overview: 　　So often we view God as an enforcer of religious rules. We see the commands of Scripture as a list of to-dos rather than a path leading to abundant life. But those perceptions aren’t the truth of Scripture. Those beliefs are founded on misguided notions of God’s character. God is after the heart. More than...

　　The Department of Education’s 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, warned of the “rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people,” adding that “if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.” 　　If...

　　6 Ways to Better Steward God’s Blessings 　　By: Rebecca Barlow Jordan 　　And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. -2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT 　　Financial worries plague marriages as much as any challenge can. Some couples struggle with juggling skinny bank accounts. For others, the...

　　Celebrate, We Will! 　　By: Chelsey DeMatteis 　　“He must increase, I must decrease.”- John 3:30 　　As we have just walked through the Easter season, looking at Jesus and His life, I find myself so often wondering what it would’ve been like to be there watching his life happen. We read through Scripture and we glimpse into amazing things about Jesus’ life...

　　Weekend, March 30, 2024 　　The Day That Changed Everything 　　“He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.” (Matthew 28:6 NLT) 　　The resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything. It changed a group of disillusioned, discouraged, downhearted disciples into a group of on-fire, passionate preachers who turned their...

　　Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty, a new documentary film produced in connection with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, recounts the history of religious freedom in our country from colonial times until today. Narrated by journalist and historian Richard Brookhiser, the film focuses on six episodes in which minority religious groups fought for their right to practice their...

　　Finished! 　　When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit. —John 19:30 　　The cross was the goal of Jesus from the very beginning. His birth was so there would be His death. The incarnation was for our atonement. He was born to die so that we might live. And when...

　　The Middle Easts favorite sweet symbolizes Good Friday. 　　Maamoul is a buttery cookie baked with semolina and stuffed with dates or nutsusually walnuts or pistachios. Seasoned with a variety of spices, for centuries it has flavored the Easter holiday for Christians, the end of Ramadan for Muslims, and Purim for the Sephardic Jews of Jerusalem. 　　Three shapes are common: an...

　　Palm Sunday looked different this year for a small majority-immigrant church in Fort Worth. For part of the service, the pastors invited an immigration lawyer to speak about what to expect if Texas enacts a new law that authorizes the state to arrest and deport migrants. 　　There is a lot of fear in our church in regard to this law...