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Daily devotions to keep your faithful walk in forward motion.

“How do you do it?” you ask. I know our culture is dramatically not the same as the majority of you. I enjoy your questions about our lifestyle and even more about our belief system. If you ask about the Amish lifestyle, I can only speak for our community. There are more different types of Amish than I even know about. Chuckling, I find myself thinking that placing all Amish in the same boat may be like putting all non-Amish in the same boat. Funny. No, wherever you go, you’ll find more people than you can count, with more belief systems than you can shake a stick at.

Jews, Christians can learn from their shared Scriptures, say scholars The "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time" sculpture by Joshua Koffman is seen on the campus of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. The sculpture shows Synagoga (Synagogue) and Ecclesia (Church) studying their sacred texts together. Pope Francis prayed at and blessed the sculpture during his 2015 visit. (CNS photo/courtesy St. Joseph's University) Gina Christian, Catholic News Service 3/10/2021 6:41 AM select Marc Zvi Brettler, a professor of Jewish studies at Duke U...

An image of a passage from the Torah, part of the Jewish Scriptures. (Cottonbro/Pexels) By Gina Christian • Posted February 10, 2021 Jews and Christians can learn from each other’s shared Scriptures, say two renowned academics — and such dialogue can help to move a divisive society “from polemic to possibility.” “At a time of tremendous incivility in the U.S., we felt it was really important to model how one could be civil in the most serious disagreements,” said Bible scholar Marc Zvi Brettler of Duke University during a Jan. 31 webinar hosted by the Institute for Jewish-Catho...

Heather L. Hart Jesus Saves: More Than Words The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a nation with Christians. Expressing the Christian faith has been problematic in our history. This history includes both the affirmation and abolition of slavery. It includes the freedom of conscience and manifest destiny. It includes peaceful marches and non-disclosure agreements. And now, as of January 6, 2021, it includes signs at the political rally leading to the riot storming the Capitol building that read “Jesus Saves.”[1] The truth that “Jesus Saves” is foundational to all Christian...