As promised, Jason Helopoulos (guest-blogging for Kevin DeYoung) provides 14 ‘Mom-tested’ tips to encourage children who are present during corporate worship. These reflect the gentle resolve present in Helopoulis’ first post. Well worth sharing with congregations. Focus on this moment throughout the week: Talk about Sunday morning worship all week long. Help your children to …

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From the CNN Belief Blog, here’s another satire proof church situation: A cathedral in Dublin asked on Tuesday that anyone with information on the missing preserved heart of the city’s patron saint step forward. The 884-year-old heart of St. Laurence O’Toole was stolen over the weekend from the iron cage where it is kept in …

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Longish post from Tony Payne at The Briefing in which he explores ‘The Why And How Of Running Sunday Meetings’. There’s a lot of thoughtful and useful material. I was interested to see that his basic schema for a ‘meeting’ is: Good meetings have conceptual flow Like sermons or books or articles or speeches, a …

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Jason Helopoulos is guest blogging for Kevin DeYoung. Here’s his thoughts on encouraging all the covenant community to be present during worship. I appreciate the comments about patience and understanding toward those who aren’t convinced about the issue, along with supporting parents of very young children. Some practical tips (beyond this post’s commendation of a …

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