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Video ventures: Two alternatives to 'Alpha'
Since Alpha appeared in 2001 in Great Britain, several efforts have been made to create alternative versions of that popular evangelistic video series....
Virtual spirituality: A programmable friend
Because I have on occasion spoken critically of current fashions in spirituality, I am asked: “What have you got against ‘being spiritual’ and ‘spirituality’?” This is a good moment to respond....
Consorting with strangers: Luke 24:13-35; 1 Peter 1:17-23
On the walk to Emmaus, Jesus is first recognized as an alien.
Flocking together: John 10:1-10
I see nothing in what Jesus said or did that prepared us for the scattering of the flock into denominations.
Practicing incarnation
While Christians confess the resurrection of the body, most have a spiritual body in mind.
Practicing incarnation: Becoming God's Easter people
While Christians continue to confess the resurrection of the body in their historical creeds, most have a spiritual body in mind.
Examined lives
Books on spirituality abound, and the publication of new ones seems not to abate. Writings in this genre often focus on experience and practical disciplines of spirituality....
Selling Ourselves Short
When I retreat to the silence, solitude, prayer and worship of a monastery, I frequently wrestle with a ...
The Word Made Flesh
All too often the story of theology has been told as though it were purely cerebral....
The Battle for Middle-Earth
By the time I finished this book, I was convinced of Fleming Rutledge’s fundamental claim: that the ...
Hidden lives
The opening scenes establish the unforced style of Nobody Knows, a heart-rending film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda about four Tokyo youngsters who are abandoned by their mother....
Personal space: Uncommon intimacy
I didn’t just violate her personal space; I obliterated it with one public and very embarrassing collision....
Where's the compassion? No substitute for justice: No substitute for justice
President Bush may truly care about the poor and about people down on their luck, and he may want the public and private sectors to join in efforts to help....
Century Marks
Preach it: Although he attended seminary, James R. Krabill says he did not really learn how to preach until he spent time with African-initiated churches in Ivory Coast....
Getting religion: Democrats connect with faith activists
Democratic Party leaders and progressive religious activists are persevering in their separate but complementary efforts to shape a connection between faith and politics....
Justices ponder Ten Commandments displays: Court hears oral arguments
If the U.S. Supreme Court prohibits public displays of the Ten Commandments nationwide, all heck may break loose, say some religious conservatives....
Ruling to ban minors' executions is praised: National religious groups support decision
A U.S. Supreme Court decision this month to ban execution of juvenile offenders is finding strong support among some national religious groups....