Highly religious American adults happier, more engaged with families and more likely to donate to poor, study finds
Highly religious Americans are happier, more likely to be involved with their families and more likely to donate time, money or goods to help the poor, but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices than those who aren’t highly religious. That’s the findings of a new Pew Research Center […]
MIDDLE EAST: CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ STILL IMPACTING COMMUNITIES IN A RANGE OF POSITIVE WAYS DESPITE “SEVERE PRESSURE”
DAVID ADAMS looks at a new report on the positive impact of Christian communities in Iraq and Syria despite the ongoing conflict…
BOOKS: LIVING LIFE IN THE “PROMISED LAND”
19th April, 2016 DAVID ADAMS Max Lucado Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0849948497 This book isn’t about empty triumphalism. It’s about Christians stepping, stumbles and struggles included, into the inheritance they’ve been given through the saving work of Jesus Christ. What does life in the ‘Promised […]
CONVERSATIONS: JODY LIGHTFOOT, JUSTICE CAMPAIGNER
A climate justice campaigner with Christian movement Common Grace, 30-year-old Sydneysider Jody Lightfoot speaks with DAVID ADAMS about the group’s passion for “connecting personal faith with action” to make the world a better place…