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Travel tips: Commandments for drivers
My first inclination after reading “The Vatican’s Ten Commandments for Drivers” (reported in CenturyMarks, July 10) was to wonder if there were not more urgent matters for the papacy to be ponderin...
True church: Churches in the proper sense
The Roman Catholic Church recently restated its view that Protestant churches are not “churches in the proper sense.” Some Protestants take offense. But we need not....
Century Marks
Mooned: The pastor of Times Square Church is trying to get a state court to block a billboard company from displaying certain ads on the Broadway building that houses the church and its school and day-care center. The ads are for a bidet company, and they show naked backsides with smiley faces on them (Redeye, July 10).
Mass appeal? Attending a Latin liturgy: Attending a Latin liturgy
The Sunday after Pope Benedict XVI authorized the wider use of Latin in the Catholic mass, I went to St. John Cantius Church in Chicago, which has been celebrating mass in Latin for years....
Not-so-fully church: The pope's message to Protestants—and Catholics
In July the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) reaffirmed the Catholic doctrine that the church of Christ “exists fully only in the Catholic Church.” Which prompted many peopl...
Hispanic hopes: Esperanza USA
In June, Esperanza USA, a national network of Hispanic ministries and churches, sponsored its fifth annual National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington....
Ecumenism's new basis: testimony: The Global Christian Forum
After keeping a low profile for several years, advocates of a fresh approach to ecumenism are going public about a promising international gathering in Kenya this November....
Disciples assembly opposes Iraq war: Rejects torture too
After keeping a collective silence in 2003 and 2005, the majority of delegates to this year’s biennial General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) expressed moral opposition to t...
Evangelical figure leaves trail of fraud, critics say: Christian publisher Jason Christy
When Christian publisher Jason Christy was tapped two years ago to lead the Christian Coalition, the group’s leaders praised him for his ability “to inspire and encourage people of faith to action....
Some churchgoers welcome the hug: Passing the peace
Fellowship time during the early Sunday service at Morning Star Baptist Church in Cleveland brings smiles to worshipers’ faces from the moment they are told to “hug one another this morning; show s...
ECLA reports drop in membership: A slight decrease
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America saw a slight drop in membership in 2006, continuing a trend of decline since the 1990s....
Gay feelings must be resisted, Mormons declare: New booklet on homosexuality
A new Mormon booklet on homosexuality states that same-sex relationships are “inconsistent” with God’s plan, but adds that some people may not be able to “overcome” such attractions....
Evangelical coalition favors creation of Palestinian state: Ron Sider leads coalition
A coalition of evangelical leaders is attempting to “correct a serious misperception” that all evangelicals oppose establishing a Palestinian state....
Money pours in for Baptist center on Capitol Hill: Center for Religious Liberty
A Texas Baptist family’s spontaneous challenge to jump-start a Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty campaign to buy and renovate a house on Capitol Hill for its own center in Washington ne...
Letty Russell, liberationist and churchwoman: A pioneer feminist theologian
Letty Mandeville Russell is being remembered as a gifted scholar and teacher, and as a pioneer in what many call the first generation of feminist theologians....
Worshiping with Agatha Christie: The traditional Latin mass
What would Agatha Christie Do?...
Smorgasbord: A new Great Awakening
"Great Awakening 2007” is the headline of Cathleen Falsani’s two-page column in the July 6 Chicago Sun-Times. Falsani asks readers, “Have you ever had a spiritual experience?...
Curses and blessings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Blessings and curses? My usual relational language with God does not include curses.
Table manners: Luke 14:1, 7-14
As the focal point of our lives, mealtimes reflect the nature of our shared lives....