It’s commonly thought that Americans attend worship services more regularly than Europeans. But a new study says it ain’t so. “While conventional survey data show high and stable American church attendance rates of about 35 to 45 percent, the time diary data over the past decade reveal attendance rates of just 24 to 25 percent […]
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Yoga is Hindu
“Take Back Yoga” is the campaign slogan of a group of Indian-Americans aiming to teach Westerners about the faith that underlies yoga. The Hindu American Foundation, the Minneapolis-based group which started the campaign, aims to raise public awareness of yoga’s foundation in Hinduism. Read more here.
Forde-ism (2)
Forde nixes a third use of the law: “You can’t get flowers to grow by pulling on them.”
Forde-ism (1)
On the advantage of having an office accessible only by climbing up three flights of stairs: “My office is on the top floor of Gullixson so if the rapture comes, I’d be caught in the updraft.”
ELCA clubs farmers; congregation leaves
Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church in Sheldon, North Dakota, has voted to leave the ELCA. The last straw? The proposed ELCA policy document on genetics.[1] It warns that genetic developments in biotech farming could lead to trouble: ● “This church believes that the greatest danger in genetic developments lies in the sinful exercise of radically extended […]