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Let the children lead: A changed view of ministry
I once saw children's ministry as a steppingstone to something else. This attitude put me in league with the hindering kind of disciples.
The 'nones' say 2012 election proves they are a political force
Last month, Lauren Anderson Youngblood, communications manager for the Secular Coalition for America, approached Broderick Johnson, a senior adviser to the Obama campaign, as they both left a confe...
Voters in three states endorse gay marriage
Voters made history on Election Day three times over by endorsing moves to allow gay marriage in Maine, Maryland and Washington State....
Carter backs clergy’s call to probe U.S. aid to Israel
Former president Jimmy Carter commended 15 Christian leaders whose recent call for Congress to investigate human rights violations by Israelis against Palestinians caused tension between Jewish and...
Three common distortions about poverty
It is true, as a Century editorial recently argued, that poverty did not get the attention...
Making space for veterans
If soldiers make it home, the war comes with them. Every day, about 18 of them implode in suicide.
Thursday digest
New today from the Century: Mark Heim on Baptist identity, Logan Mehl-Laituri on Veterans Day, more.
What makes a Baptist?
Scholars who devote themselves to interpreting Baptist tradition must contend with a community that is not sure it has one.
'Mormon moment' ends with a loss – but Romney's religion still won
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormons in Utah and across the nation were thrilled by the prospect that one of their own might occupy the highest office in the land....
Buddhist, Hindu make history in new Congress
Congress will become a shade more religiously diverse this January, after Tuesday's (Nov. 6) election of the first Hindu representative and first Buddhist senator....
What's next for religious conservatives?
Mitt Romney failed in his bid to win the White House back for Republicans, but the biggest losers in Tuesday's voting may be Christian conservatives who put everything they had into denying Preside...
'Secular' Ariz. Democrat to replace sole atheist in Congress
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., the only openly atheist member of Congress, lost his race for another term on Tuesday (Nov. 6)....
Other winners and losers yesterday
So we all know President Obama won reelection, the Republicans kept control of the House and the Democrats held onto the Senate. Some other winners yesterday:...
Wednesday digest
New today from the Century: Kathryn Reklis on Mormon romance, John Fea on Roger Williams, more.
The lure of Mormon romance
Twilight and Big Love explore something most romantic dramas have forgotten: the pleasures of moral struggle for the sake of spiritual growth.
The original separationist
The phrase "separation between church and state" does not appear in the Constitution. Nor does the concept originate with Thomas Jefferson.
Beyond anger and blame: How to achieve constructive conflict
"Speak the truth in love," and "see that none of you repays evil for evil," exhorts St. Paul. Which is easier said than done.
Sunday, November 18, 2012 (Daniel 12:1-3; Mark 13:1-8)
Apocalyptic visions generate fear. Fear needs its antidote: love.
Jews push back against Scouts over policy banning gays
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) For nearly a decade, hundreds of local Boy Scouts have learned the virtues of the Ten Commandments on an annual Thanksgiving holiday hike to churches, synagogues and mosques, wher...
Controversial 'Mojave Cross' to return to Calif. Desert
It's been debated for more than a decade, covered with a wooden box and stolen....