Church Attendance Grows as Economy Tanks

Evangelical church membership growth during recessions: 1.52 percent

Evangelical church membership growth in non-recession years: 0.98 percent

Church Is the Home of the No-cut Audition

At my daughter's elementary school musical, the printed program noted: "This musical was originally written for 15 actors, but it has been adapted to ...

Valuing the Contributions of Those Around You

Improvisation is the willingness to live within the bounds of the past and yet search for the future at the same time. Improvisation is the desire to ...

Obeying Your GPS System

I can't live Jesus' life and Jesus knows that, but he says: You can ask me to come and live my life in you.

I'll give you a picture of this. Nancy and ...

Depression Rates and Church Attendance

Rate of major depression in women who have attended religious services since childhood: 27 percent

Rate in women who have changed attendance patterns ...

The Miracle of Unity in the Midst of Diversity

As I read accounts of the New Testament church, no characteristic stands out more sharply than [diversity]. Beginning with Pentecost, the Christian church ...

Darrell Waltrip on Track Instincts

Racing drivers must use all their senses. When you're in tune with the car, it speaks to you with a small voice. When something's happening, you smell ...

Erwin McManus's Son Learns Value of Listening to God's Voice

My son, Aaron, was five or six when he began asking me, "What does God's voice sound like?" I didn't know how to answer.

A few years later, Aaron went ...

Worst Persecutors of Christians

According to the Open Doors' 2008 World Watch List, North Korea has been named the worst place for a Christian to live for the sixth year in a row. In ...

The Discipline of Listening

Discernment involves listening with love and attention to our experiences, to each other, to the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit deep within ourselves ...