Public schools receive ‘In God We Trust’ poster donations as new Texas law requires their display By Rebekah Riess, CNN 3 min read Updated 2:08 PM EDT, Fri August 19, 2022 ...

The Rev. Mike Ruffin recalls a Buddist column that said it didn't matter which God you worship, but it does matter.

As Richard Rohr puts it, we have to be careful, because we will always become the God we worship. Our prayer, our devotion, our praise—these rewire us. They enable us to see, hear, and think in new ...

Lastly, we are not finite beings but eternal beings whose great potential our Father and our Savior most perfectly know. Worship isn’t for God. It’s for us.

There lies the contradiction that defines not only our societies, but our very nature: We seek peace — but we worship power. This isn’t merely hypocrisy.

“Never say never, I suppose, since it’s possible AI may yet be of use for us in some way in the church, but for now we won’t be using it again to generate any components of Sunday morning ...

If God had no power, we might still ponder its existence, but the churches, temples, and mosques would likely sit empty. Worship, it seems, thrives where power and presence collide.

But then, in 1956, at the height of the Cold War, and in an effort to distinguish ourselves from those godless communists over in Russia, the motto was changed to “In God We Trust.” ...

If worship—however well intentioned—gets God wrong, it will produce a misguided people and be judged. The Book of Amos begins with the Lord roaring from Jerusalem, from the temple on Zion (1:2).