Posts tagged Family Life
Treating congregations like families is one response to the #ChurchToo era
Treating congregations like families is one response to the #ChurchToo era

(OPINION) Shifting gender roles and expectations mixed with revelations about sexual misconduct in church communities make relationships in congregations a complicated matter. Adjusting how we divide people in church may help them navigate life better.

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Opinion, North AmericaTerry Mattinglymarriage, Marriage & Family, family, Family Life, Bronwyn Lea, sex, fidelity, infidelity, #ChurchToo, Terry Mattingly, Christianity, Gender RolesComment
Lessons about faith and modern parenting, from heroes of the Czech resistance
Lessons about faith and modern parenting, from heroes of the Czech resistance

The Benda family faithfully observed the rites that defined their lives inside of their second-floor apartment. Every day, they prayed together, studied together and found ways to enjoy themselves – while doing everything they could to show others there was more to life than the rules of a paranoid police state.

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Religion, Opinion, EuropeTerry MattinglyPrimary Feature, Terry Mattingly, Czech Republic, Prague, Communism, Family Life, J.R.R. Tolkien, Vaclav Havel, KGB, Soviet Union, Vaclav Benda, Kamila Bendova, Communist culture, Catholic, Christian, Christianity