| What We Read This WeekWood Lake Publishing's blog

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!

WORSHIP

When To Do Youth Sunday?

Strange or silly as some of these customs might seem, I’d rather have my calendar structured around cultural traditions than around corporate budget forecasts. I don’t care how much retailers are worried about fourth-quarter earnings…Read Full Article

From building faith

BIBLE

Loving and protecting immigrants is a biblical command

From Christian Century

SPIRITUALITY

How One Of The World’s Biggest Spiritual Leaders Is Combating School Gun Violence

If you live in the United States, you might not have heard of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Around the world, the Indian spiritual leader is a living legend, arguably as popular as the Dalai Lama. In fact, the two have collaborated on a number of issues. But his reputation could soon take a major boost in America thanks to an initiative he hopes will counter the tide of school gun violence…Read Full Article

From good

HEALTH

6 reasons to remove your shoes inside

From harboring hitchhiking bacteria to tracking in toxins, here’s why you may want to leave your kicks at the door…Read Full Article

From treehugger

MINISTRY

Did God Set Us Up to Fall in the Garden of Eden?

Rather than reading the story as one in which God sets us up for failure, we can read it as a description of how life happens. Just as a human parent tries to protect a child from evil, he or she will never be able to guarantee the child’s safety…Read Full Article

From busted halo