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Faith & Culture
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By Mark Woods
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 |
Participants at a holiday street fair in Didcot, England, get their photos taken in a Nativity scene sponsored by the Baptist Union of Great Britain. (Baptist Times/Alex Baker)
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DIDCOT, England (ABP) -- Thousands of people around the United Kingdom are set to be involved in an ecumenical initiative that invites people to take part in an “instant Nativity” this Christmas.
The effort, co-sponsored by the Baptist Union of Great Britain and called “Get in the Picture,” seeks to include all kinds of people in the Christmas story by encouraging them to have their photograph taken in a Nativity tableau. The photographs are then available to view and download for free on the Get in the Picture website, which also has information about carol services at local churches, a reading of the Christmas story from the Bible and stories of what Christmas means to people today.
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Faith & Culture
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By Bob Allen
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Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Leading up to the major United Nations summit on climate change, a conservative Christian group released a report questioning the science, economics and theology surrounding calls to counteract global warming.
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Faith & Culture
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By Vicki Brown
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Monday, December 07, 2009 |
The Gib Lewis Unit Peacemaking Team -completed the Peacemaker Ministries small-group study to instill in them peacemaking principles to help stop violence in the prison yard.
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(ABP) -- Relationship is at the heart of the restorative-justice
philosophy -- restoring an offender’s relationship with self, family
and community.
The reconnection often begins in prison,
through state-provided programs and/or jail and prison ministries. Then
individuals need assistance to reinforce new behaviors and return to
their communities as productive citizens worthy of being trusted again.
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Faith & Culture
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By Vicki Brown
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Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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(ABP) - The woman sobbed quietly into her hands for a few minutes.
Composing herself as best she could, she looked into the eyes of the
18-year-old.
"I forgive you," she declared. "But
you are going to have to prove to me and to the community that you
won't do something like this again." This scenario is the heart of
restorative justice -- an opportunity to restore broken relationships,
to stop destructive behaviors early and to repair as much of the harm
done to victims as possible.
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Faith & Culture
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By Vicki Brown
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Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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(ABP) -- Ministry to inmates’ children and spouses can help keep
families together through incarceration and after release. Generally,
offenders are placed in prisons away from home -- often across the
state or even in another state.
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