How Can a Social Media Fast be a Blessing?

Plus, China Guilty of 'Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom,' USCIRF Tells Congress and More Stories and News [Crosswalk Logo]( Connecting through Crisis [Faith]( [News]( [Devotionals]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [How Can a Social Media Fast be a Blessing?]( Candice Lucey When fasting from social media, one determines a length of time that feels like a sacrifice. Blessing arrives as soon as one is humble before the Lord, emptied of all personal desire, willing to receive God’s direction, supple to the Spirit’s sanctifying rigors. [CONTINUE READING →]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [What the George Floyd Trial Reveals to Us about Justice]( Russell Moore A jury in Minneapolis handed down the verdict the entire country has awaited for almost a year: that police officer Derek Chauvin is guilty of the murder of George Floyd. This conviction comes at the end of a year of memorials and protests and marches, not just all over the country but all over the world. This also is a day for all of us who belong to Jesus Christ to reflect on the meaning of it all. [CONTINUE READING →]( [The National Conversation over Ma'Khia Bryant's Shooting: A Call for Responding with Reason]( Ryan Denison While the world waited in anticipation for the final verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday, sixteen-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by police in Columbus, Ohio. Hours later, the bodycam footage was released and appears to show that the officer delivered the fatal blow moments before Bryant, who was holding a knife, could do the same to another young woman. [CONTINUE READING →]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [China Guilty of 'Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom,' USCIRF Tells Congress]( Michael Foust Religious freedom worsened in China in 2020, with government officials demolishing church buildings, imprisoning Christians, and using surveillance technologies to track religious minorities, according to an annual report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. [CONTINUE READING →]( [Crosswalk Logo]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Unsubscribe From This Email]( | [Email Preference Center]( © 2021 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Connecting through Crisis. [Link](