According to a report covered by The Daily Texan, young adults who do not go to college are more likely to drop out of church involvement than those who do--by a dropout rate of 76% to 59%. Though this is a counterintuitive finding, either way it's not good news. Pray that Hillcrest can help reverse this trend.
Greeters Play Key Role At Churches.
At this church, Herb Ingram could open his weekly announcements with, "What's New, Pussycat?" Yikes. (HT: Eileen Flynn’s “Of Sacred and Secular”)
Teen finds 2.93-carat diamond along path (here).
Randy Alcorn answers some questions you may have about heaven here.
How to Invite God to Your Summer BBQ.
“They do want to go back to a more conventional sexuality, morality, whatever. But they do not want to go back to an era of repression. So a kind of muddled, middle position is where it seems to me that most Americans are these days.” Sociologist Alan Wolfe, in a Times article about the trend toward a greater sense of propriety about sex in recent books and films.
According to this Washington Post article, missionaries from developing countries are making progress in Europe. If you're someone who believes missionary work is an invasion of someone else's culture, what do you do with a story like this?
What’s the greatest innovation in history? Experts reply.
What your pew says about you (here).
Your Mouth: When to Shut It.
JP Morgan’s guaranteed route to success: every day (1) make a list of what you're going to do and then (2) do it. Ah, if only we could all practice it. Then again, it really depends on what’s on that list, right?
Have you read the previous posts this week? They include the "Song of the Week" ("Get Right with God" by Lucinda Williams), reaching people at the preconversion stage, and Part Two of a review of our church's three renovations. To keep up with the journal, sign up for e-mail updates or assign the feed to your news reader or Google Personalized Home Page.
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