Making Haste Slowly in Our Walk With God

In these hurried times, Christians are called to a steady journey of faith. I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks— who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering. —Henry David Thoreau, “Walking” The restless, distracted energy of our technological age has risen to a fever pitch. With each advancement, we are bound closer together into a collective fragmentation without... Read More

How Bethel and Hillsong Took Over Our Worship Sets

“If you have ever felt like most worship music sounds the same, it may be because the worship music … is written by just a handful of songwriters.” On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, California, opened the service with “This Is Amazing Grace,” a 2012 hit that has remained one of the most popular worship songs of the past decade. Chances are thousands of other churches around the country also sang that song—or one very similar... Read More

Florida set to execute ‘ninja killer’ in couple’s 1989 death

TALLAHASSEE — Florida has ramped up executions under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a man known as the “ninja killer” set to die Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey. Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. by lethal injection for the deaths of Robert Sturmfels, 56, and Georgette Sturmfels, 55, on Dec. 20, 1989, in their Flagler County winter home on Florida’s northeastern coast. Advertisement DeSantis has... Read More

300 BCPS High School Students to Showcase Legislative Youth Agenda

Wednesday, April 12, 2023On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, more than 300 Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) English Language Learners (ELL) will share their proposals for legislative policies and recommendations to improve their communities during the Close Up – Broward Youth Policy Summit Expo. ... Read More