Wednesday, January 15, 2014

5 Things You Might Not Have Known About God And Beer

More on religion and beer...just because.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week:
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." – John Muir (naturalist, explorer, and writer, 1838-1914)



Wednesday, January 1, 2014

To Stave Off Decline, Churches Attract New Members With Beer

With mainline religious congregations dwindling across America, a scattering of churches is trying to attract new members by creating a different sort of Christian community. They are gathering around craft beer.

Some church groups are brewing it themselves, while others are bring the Holy Mysteries to a taproom. The result is not sloshed congregants; rather, it's an exploratory approach to do church differently.

To doubters, the Beer & God crowd has this pop quiz. What was the first miracle Jesus performed? Turning water into wine.

This week, a look at religion and beer.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week:
"Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending."Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 - 1882