By Rebecca Terhune The story of a little church about 20 miles southeast of Nashville reaches the big screen on Aug. 25. Since 2005, All Saints’ Church in Smyrna, Tennessee, has ministered to Karen refugees, a people of eastern and southern Myanmar (formerly Burma). Nine years ago, both The Tennessean and USA Today told the story of their arrival at the church. The Rev. … [Read more...] about Little Church, Big Screen
Archives for August 21, 2017
Fees Hurt Cathedral Visits
Should visitors pay to visit England’s cathedrals and historic churches? The issue has a subject of debate since Westminster Abbey and others led the way by charging entrance fees in the 1990s. Some like Bath Abbey, Durham Cathedral, and Ripon Cathedrals get by without imposing entrance charges. You do not have to pay if you tell staff at the entrance you are attending a … [Read more...] about Fees Hurt Cathedral Visits
8/27: Rescue, Food, and Words
12 Pentecost, Aug. 27 Ex. 1:8-2:10 or Isa. 51:1-6 Ps. 124 or Ps. 138 Rom. 12:1-8 • Matt. 16:13-20 “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we’” (Ex. 1:8-9). The stage is set for disaster, but prepared as well for the intrusion of God in the work of many women, … [Read more...] about 8/27: Rescue, Food, and Words