Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 6th, 2009
Why is Catholicism losing popularity? While researching my book I conducted several focus groups and found that the most common reasons were things like Communion rituals unfairly exclude coeliac disease sufferers lost faith in natural family planning after tenth pregnancy tired of being solicited for contributions every papal election season can’t believe in a god [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
Carter Howell and Seth Munger are a lot like you and me. They’re “just 19- and 20-year-old guys.” They’re “not different than other people.” And yet some people look at them like they’re “from a different planet.” All because they’re Mormon missionaries: The day begins at 6:30 a.m. and follows a schedule that includes time [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2009
If you have a Google News Alert for “LifeWay Christian Resources, the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing arm” like I do, you probably saw the large number of articles describing how sales of new baptisms slipped again in 2008. (I was unable to find any good statistics on sales of pre-owned baptisms.) And if you are [...]
