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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as tea.
#teatagchallenge#morimatea#teapot#teacup#chaxi#teaceremony#teatray#tea#beautiful#chinesetea#unique#charming#teaaccessories#innerpeace#peacelove#simplicity#ruggedstyle#simple#tealife#lifeway#perfectplace#authentictea#interestingtimes#comfortablestyle#mastercraft#handicraft#handicrafsmen#beauty products#plains#stunning
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The Role Of Young People
Carl Pollard
The Role Of Young People
It is beneficial for the health of the church to look at how we treat our teens and young people. For there to be growth and success, we need to look at what we expect of them. To put it bluntly, I believe that the church as a whole has very low expectations for teenagers. This can lead to several issues and ultimately their loss of faith.
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Lifeway Strikes Again: Have You No Decency?
Holcomb Auditorium at Glorieta
“You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” Joseph Welch, Chief Counsel to the U.S. Army (directed to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the “Army-McCarthy Hearings, June 9, 1954)
Lifeway Strikes Again!
When news broke this week that Lifeway Christian Resources was shuttering its music and worship website,…
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O dziewczynkach tych i owych
O dziewczynkach tych i owych
Czytam, że prokuratura postawiła zarzuty pewnej warszawiance, acz przyznam szczerze, że nie znam jej korzeni i nie wiem skąd naprawdę pochodzi, że ta zaatakowała na ulicy dwie Ukrainki, lżąc je, a nawet okradając. Co ciekawe warszawianka owa, niechaj na mię będzie jej Joanna, nazwała Ukrainki prostytutkami, szmatami i kazała im “spierdalać na Ukrainę”. W rzeczy samej to nic zaskakujące, ot taki…
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Vacation Bible School album reaches No. 1 on Apple music chart
Vacation Bible School album reaches No. 1 on Apple music chart
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Lifeway’s Vacation Bible School soundtrack “Spark Studios” reached the No. 1 spot on Apple Music’s Top 100 Children’s Music Albums chart in recent weeks.
While the album is now at No. 9 on the iTop Chart for children’s music albums, it reached the top spot during the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California, in mid-June, announced Lifeway, which, though…
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you ever reading "parenting advice" for raising adolescent/teenage boys that makes you seriously question rather the person in question has, like. interacted. with a teenage boy. ever
#look if Buy Your Children 90s Lifeway Christian Store Junk did not work for 90s kids#i do not think the left-wing version of the same will work either lol
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I’ve traveled and moved enough to know that I’m just going to yearn for wherever I am not
#personal#the yearning for the next horizon is unshakable#I wish wanderer was a viable lifeway still
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razputin's standup
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Immersed in a quietly, not to the world outside the book of the indifferent, but it's the best way to enjoy the weekend the one.
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by John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander | Recently, my colleague Kasey Leander sat down with Dr. Andrew Newell of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, to discuss the Christmas hymn, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Originally published in 1739, the song is a treasure of orthodox Christology, something just as needed today as it was in the 18th century...
#Christian Headlines#Tis the Season for Christology: How the Hymns of Christmas Teach Right Doctrine#John Stonestreet#Kasey Leander#Ligonier Ministries#LifeWay Research#christianheadlines.com
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You know what we should bring back? Offering animal sacrifices to the local gods (apex predators). You wanna know why? Humans continue to expand our living spaces and farm spaces into wildlife habitats. The biggest threat to ANY wildlife currently considered endangered, is the development of wildlife territory. Bcuz we destroy their home, disrupt their breeding grounds (cougars travel FAR to breed, then go their separate ways) and ultimately, demonize the animals for doing what they need to do to survive, ending in attempts to kill or contain them.
Everybody says "don't feed them! They will associate humans with food!" They already do!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm suggesting monthly offerings, at a specific phase of the moon, not a calendar day. The predators will take what they want from our farms no matter what we do, but if they happen to come upon one lone animal, that is somehow found in the same spot in the forest, at a certain time, every month? They will take notice, and go there, instead of our farms.
"How do we prevent them from tracking us back home???" You ask? Well, let's talk about superstition, and then mix it with science... used to, salt was enough to ward off ghosts and fae and whatnot. Well, what if we talked to some local hunters and find out what they use to disguise their scents when hunting?
There are ways to protect the human populations that will also help protect our animal neighbors. We don't have to just keep putting them down like it's their fault we encroached on their territory, but we also don't have to leave ourselves at the mercy of mother nature like in the old days. It's time we mixed the old ways with our modern science to find a true middle ground. It won't be perfect, but it'll be better, and that's the goal.
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By: Aaron Earls
Published: Jan 15, 2019
Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight on Sunday mornings.
Two-thirds (66 percent) of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22, according to a new study from Nashville-based Lifeway Research. Thirty-four percent say they continued to attend twice a month or more.
While the 66 percent may be troubling for many church leaders, the numbers may appear more hopeful when compared to a 2007 study from Lifeway Research. Previously, 70 percent of 18- to 22-year-olds left church for at least one year.
“The good news for Christian leaders is that churches don’t seem to be losing more students than they were 10 years ago. However, the difference in the dropout rate now and then is not large enough statistically to say it has actually improved,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research.
“The reality is that Protestant churches continue to see the new generation walk away as young adults. Regardless of any external factors, the Protestant church is slowly shrinking from within.”
When They Drop Out
The dropout rate for young adults accelerates with age, the study found.
While 69 percent say they were attending at age 17, that fell to 58 percent at age 18 and 40 percent at age 19. Once they reach their 20s, around 1 in 3 say they were attending church regularly.
“Overall Protestant churches see many teenagers attending regularly only for a season. Many families just don’t attend that often,” said McConnell.
“As those teenagers reach their late teen years, even those with a history of regular church attendance are pulled away as they get increased independence, a driver’s license, or a job. The question becomes: will they become like older adults who have all those things and still attend or will students choose to stay away longer than a year.”
Ben Trueblood, director of student ministry at Lifeway, said those numbers speak to the issue at hand. “We are seeing teenagers drop out of the church as they make the transition out of high school and student ministry,” he said. “This moment of transition is often too late to act for churches.”
Why They Drop Out
Virtually all of those who dropped out (96 percent) listed a change in their life situation as a reason for their dropping out. Fewer say it was related to the church or pastor (73 percent); religious, ethical or political beliefs (70 percent); or the student ministry (63 percent).
The five most frequently chosen specific reasons for dropping out were: moving to college and no longer attending (34 percent); church members seeming judgmental or hypocritical (32 percent); no longer feeling connected to people in their church (29 percent); disagreeing with the church’s stance on political or social issues (25 percent); and work responsibilities (24 percent).
Almost half (47 percent) of those who dropped out and attended college say moving to college played a role in their no longer attending church for at least a year.
“Most of the reasons young adults leave the church reflect shifting personal priorities and changes in their own habits,” said McConnell. “Even when churches have faithfully communicated their beliefs through words and actions, not every teenager who attends embraces or prioritizes those beliefs.”
Among all those who dropped out, 29 percent say they planned on taking a break from church once they graduated high school. Seven in 10 (71 percent) say their leaving wasn’t an intentional decision.
“For the most part, people aren’t leaving the church out of bitterness, the influence of college atheists, or a renunciation of their faith,” said Trueblood.
“What the research tells us may be even more concerning for Protestant churches: there was nothing about the church experience or faith foundation of those teenagers that caused them to seek out a connection to a local church once they entered a new phase of life. The time they spent with activity in church was simply replaced by something else.”
Where Are They Now
Not all teenagers leave church as a young adult. A third (34 percent) say they consistently attended twice a month or more through the age of 22.
Those who stayed saw the church as an important part of their entire life. When asked why they stayed in church, more than half say the church was a vital part of their relationship with God (56 percent) and that they wanted the church to help guide their decisions in everyday life (54 percent).
Around 4 in 10 (43 percent) say they wanted to follow the example of a parent or other family member.
Similar numbers say they continued to attend because church activities were a big part of their life (39 percent), they felt church was helping them become a better person (39 percent), or they were committed to the purpose and work of the church (37 percent).
Among all young adults who attended church regularly at least one year as a teenager, almost half (45 percent) currently attend at least twice a month, including more than a quarter (27 percent) who attend once a week or more.
Another 8 percent say they attend once a month, while 25 percent say they attend a few times a year. Twenty-two percent of those who attended regularly at least one year as a teenager now say they do not currently attend at all.
Among those who dropped out for at least a year, 31 percent are currently attending twice or month or more.
“On some level, we can be encouraged that some return,” said Trueblood, “while at the same time, we should recognize that when someone drops out in these years there is a 69 percent chance they will stay gone.”
He advised churches to begin by working to lower the number who leave in the first place. “There are steps we can begin taking with those currently in student ministry that will keep them connected from the beginning of these years.”
Trueblood also asserted churches should have a strategic focus on individuals during those traditional college years. “In many places this is a forgotten, under-resourced ministry area,” he said. “Focus is placed on children, students, and then not again until someone enters the ‘young family’ stage. This needs to change.”
Among those who attended a Protestant church as teenager, 7 in 10 say they’re Protestant now. Another 10 percent identify as Catholic. Few say they are agnostic (4 percent) or atheist (3 percent).
“While some young adults who leave church are rejecting their childhood faith, most are choosing to keep many of the beliefs they had, but with a smaller dose of church,” said McConnell.
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While this report doesn’t give us a strong sense of people abandoning Xian faith entirely, as opposed to leaving the church...
Church attendance is the first thing that goes, then belonging, and finally belief—in that order,’ says Ryan Burge, author of a new book on who is leaving religion and why. ‘Belief goes last.’
#Lifeway Research#Lifeway Christian Resources#christianity#decline of religion#empty the pews#leaving religion#religion#the good news#good news#religion is a mental illness
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Confusion About Sugar
As consumers, it’s natural to worry about too much added sugar in the diet. Current consumption of added sugars for most Americans is slightly higher than what is recommended in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). Americans’ intake is around 13% of calories per day, while the recommendation is up to 10% (270 calories) out […]
Read more: https://lifewaykefir.com/confusion-about-sugar/
#benefits of kefir#health tips#lifeway kefir#heart health#gut health#dairy#american heart month#lifestyle#cultured dairy#Health
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Horseshit. Just let them read the bible. All of it. At their own pace. Let them ask questions. Let them research their questions. Your average atheist has spent more mileage with a bible in their hand than your average “christian”. The bible, when read as a book, unencumbered by dogma, doctrine, and supernatural threats, can do all the damage by itself.
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