There’s been a fair amount of press coverage lately about situations where parents are refusing medical treatment for their kids based on religious reasons.  Parents are currently in court or on the run from authorities being accused of neglect. In one case, a Wisconsin mom is on trial, charged with…  [more]

(Edward H. Schreur is a guest blogger on Think Christian. He served as the pastor of the Protestant Church in Oman from 2006-2008.) What can be learned from praying in a mosque? The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman is a landmark and, surprisingly in a land ruled by…  [more]

One of my favorite evenings as a pastor was the night of Ash Wednesday worship.  It was always a quieter service, a smaller crowd, a gentler pace.  No swarms of people trying to hang up coats and tripping over kids.  No last minute announcements that needed to be made.  No…  [more]

For almost sixty years, we've published a daily devotional booklet, first called The Family Altar and then Today. And we print hundreds of thousands of them every two months. Many on our mailing list receive the Today in bulk, for redistribution in their own congregations and neighborhoods. Lately though, because…  [more]

I was a Twitter skeptic before I was a Twitter convert. Why, exactly, do I need a more efficient method of delivery for the mundanities of other people's lives? I only got hooked on Twitter - which, for the uninitiated, is basically a mini-blog - through some of its other…  [more]