Note: Christiana Rice, coauthor with Michael Frost of To Alter Your World: Partnering with God to Rebirth Our Communities (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017), participated in a panel discussion at the West Coast Symposium on...
By Andrea D. Chavez-Kopp
If you live in or visit any major city, you will find the new phenomenon of motorized scooters zipping along the streets. Walking the sidewalks, you may see people zooming by, off to run an errand, get to a meeting...
Seeking to identify “points of hopefulness,” archdiocesan leaders met at the New York Catholic Center in Manhattan for a gathering called “Conversation About Young Catholics Leaving the Church.”
At the Feb. 26 evening meeting, John M....
A nonprofit in San Francisco has found an interesting facilities model for its efforts to nurture human connection and build community.
Two chairs and a city sidewalk.
On May 7, 2015, Sidewalk Talk “set up chairs and signs, offering...
Churches, Like Libraries, Need to Take Services to Teens
Churches and libraries have a few things in common. Both are traditional institutions serving a local community. Both offer opportunities to deepen knowledge and exercise personal...
“What do we know about teenagers’ religiousness?”
That question is explored in a study conducted in Finland and reported in the international journal Education Inquiry (Sept. 2010). The report creates a portrait likely to resonate with...
What’s the difference between creating an attractive and engaging religious community and marketing? I am asking myself that as I read The Gen Z Frequency: How Brands Tune In & Build Credibility, by Gregg L. Witt and Derek E. Baird...
“Millennial seeks group, organization, or other friendly gathering of like-hearted people focused on self-betterment, community service, and mutual support. Must be nonjudgmental, supportive, authentic, highly relational, welcoming,...
