Every five to 11 years, depending on leap years, Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, and church-going folks, especially those with small children, face tough decisions.
A View from the Pew: Our Prayer Requests Speak Volumes
October 25, 2022 by
From my childhood to today, the churches to which I have belonged have all engaged in the ritual of voicing prayer concerns. This occurred most frequently and meaningfully on Wednesday nights in what we called “prayer meetings.”
A View from the Pew: Adventures in Live Streaming
July 21, 2021 by
If your church began live streaming worship during the pandemic, chances are someone in your church made the joke on social media, “Look! The pastor is a televangelist now!”
A View from the Pew: What to Say When You Pray in Front of People
May 15, 2019 by
Each week at my church we have a “deacon of the week” whose most visible responsibility is to say a prayer before the offering is collected.