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  Singer/ songwriter learns to count her blessings

  During a season of life filled with many trials, singer/songwriter Laura Story also experienced great joys and unexpected blessings.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Study examines diverse beliefs of Asian-Americans

  The most comprehensive study of religion and Asian-Americans to date finds them less religious than most Americans, but also far more religiously diverse.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  The American Bible collects the texts Americans argue about

  Stephen Prothero's book, The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide and Define a Nation, collects speeches, songs, books, letters, laws and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest: Court upholds gun ban in church

  A federal appeals court has upheld Georgia's ban on bringing guns into places of worship. Jonathan Wilkins, a Baptist pastor, and a gun-rights group had argued church members should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Shaw makes London home for sake of immigrants, Olympics

  Doug Shaw and with his wife, Marcy, have served as missionaries in Poland and London, and now he is Olympics volunteer coordinator for Southern Baptists.

  07/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Can contemporary worship energize the church?

  As members grapple with their church's future—eager to increase attendance or renew spiritual energy—one suggestion inevitably emerges: It's time to start a contemporary worship service.

  07/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Former white supremacist embraces Christ, sheds hate

  Two years ago, Chris Simpson led a white pride march. But early this year, he abandoned the white supremacy movement, and on April 15, he was baptized.

  07/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Taize movement brings throwback appeal to U.S.

  Recently, the Taize ecumenical community in France brought its 1,500-year-old repetitive plainchant worship style to the United States for the first time, where several thousand people—particularly young adults—met for prayer and song at DePaul University in Chicago.

  07/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Soccer chaplain to manage faith presence in Olympic Village

  John Boyers' gig at the Summer Olympics—managing chaplains in the athletes' Olympic Village—might seem sensational until a visitor sees his normal digs –Old Trafford, one of the world's most visited stadiums.

  07/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Heavy metal rock star seeks to share the light of Christ

  When Brian "Head" Welch left the heavy metal band Korn in 2005, the announcement triggered significant speculation as people wondered what led the rock star out of the darkness and into the light.

  07/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest: Bible museum planned for capital

  A large-scale Bible museum will open in Washington, D.C., within four years, according to planners who have been touring the world with portions of their collection.

  07/19/2012 - By Administrator

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  Vocational stewardship

  Theologian Frederick Buechner's reflection on vocational calling gets it right: "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

  07/07/2012 - By Administrator