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It’s natural to hesitate before committing yourself to sitting through a movie about a September 11 hijacking....

In terms of commercial activity, Mother’s Day is the third-biggest holiday in the U.S., with 140 million greeting cards sold and $7 billion spent on presents and meals—and 60 million roses....

At first glance, it might seem that The Da Vinci Code and the Left Behind series occupy opposite poles of the cultural spectrum....

How can you tell if someone is Lutheran? When the minister cracks a joke during the sermon, a Lutheran will smile right out loud (Dennis Fakes, the Joyful Noiseletter).

“I have become profoundly disenchanted with our General Assembly process . . . the unsatisfactory way we were dealing with difficult and complex theological issues . . ....

"This I know,” the politician-cum-evangelist insisted, “he who counts every hair on our heads and every drop in the oceans . . ....

Robert Brashear, a New York City pastor, rubs his fingers against the 117-year-old walls of his church, and a shower of red dust sprinkles the sidewalk....

President Bush’s lieutenant for promoting government funding for faith-based social programs has announced that he is leaving his post after the end of this month....

Georgia governor Sonny Perdue has signed into law two bills that critics say may blur the line between church and state....

After a trustee investigation produced a scathing report of numerous examples of poor management, Bob Reccord has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission B...

United Methodist Church membership and attendance are slightly down again in 2004, according to a new report....

A new analysis by the Gallup Organization finds that Churches of Christ members and Mormons are most likely to attend worship services often, according to questions asked of those members between 2...

A seminary is conducting an online self-defense course for United Church of Christ members besieged by conservative reactions to their denomination’s liberal social positions on gay rights and othe...

Welcoming news that the Vatican is considering approving condom use by those with HIV/AIDS, a South African Catholic bishop fighting the pandemic said April 25 that the church must look beyond its ...

Noting that the war of words between the U.S....

Republican member of Congress Henry J....

Baltimore, our declining but still 12th-largest city, has a larger population than the entire state of North Dakota, which has 634,366 people....

History is written by the winners, and Judas didn't win.

We need to be reminded, as we celebrate Pentecost, that the Spirit is always much bigger and more "other" than we normally think.

Humility's job is not to crown the virtues but to serve them and infuse them with the spirit of the beatitudes ("Blessed are the meek.") Genuine humility orders the soul, bestowing clarity, calmness and competence.