Americans Say Serving the Needy is Christianity’s Biggest Contribution to Society

The Barna Group conducted a phone poll recently descriving Christianity's contributions to society, and the positives are good, but the negatives are bad. Who woulda thunk it?

The Paul Page

The Paul Page is a rocking cool tool, and one of the reasons why, increasingly, we don't even need to buy books in order to do intensive study. This is a really full resource.

Janet Hagberg resources

I learned a lot reading Janet Hagberg's A Critical Journey in a class a few years ago, and just recently discovered her Personal Power Products Home page, with resources for doing assessments using her methodology. Anyone else made use of these resources or commend them?

Bound Conscience

Once again the Journal of Lutheran Ethics - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has a stellar line-up of essays, including material on the bound conscience, spectacular book reviews, and an essay in the series I'm editing, Preaching on Social Issues.

In this issue, JLE also lamentably says goodbye to their founding editor, Kaari Reierson. I consider Kaari a great colleague and good friend, and I am saddened that her position at ELCA was eliminated. I'm praying for the Spirit's leading in her study and work, and pray also that our church will not need to continue laying off such fine leaders and editors.