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New today from the Century: John Buchanan on Advent waiting, year-end lists of science fiction and popular music picks, more.

Doctor Who: Shada: The Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams, by Gareth Roberts....

The Blanco Sessions, by Janis Martin. In 1956, RCA signed “the female Elvis,” 15-year-old rockabilly pioneer Janis Martin....

Prayer is not a violation of the laws of nature. It's woven into God's ongoing act of creation, as fully as the tides.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (RNS) Until his recent retirement, the Rev. Dale Schaefer spent most Sunday mornings wearing vestments and leading worship services at St. Mark's Lutheran Church....

The Church of England plans to rush through legislation to consecrate women bishops after the surprising defeat of that proposal in November at the church’s General Synod in London....

Are American students making the grade when it comes to ethics?...

The recession continued to affect how much Americans gave to charity last year, and the triple whammy of Superstorm Sandy, a national election and the looming fiscal cliff may cut how much we donat...

In the Broadway show Book of Mormon, Elder Cunningham faces a problem. In an effort to gird his loins, he rocks out the hit "Man Up."

Lately I've been getting a lot of questions about how to get published, how to build a platform, how to become a speaker. So, I'm dedicating this week to some of the questions that people ask me. Yesterday, I looked at why a platform is important. Today, I want to talk about the the big ideas. All of this, of course, is just how I do it. There are many others who will give you different advice.

My wife works as a vegetable farmer; she's also pursuing ordination in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago....

New today from the Century: Tom Long on prayer, Amy Frykholm's year-end picks in fiction, more.

Arcadia, by Lauren Groff....

The nation's changing racial and ethnic profile will bring political change. But we can also expect it to elicit fear and resistance.

When V. Gene Robinson became the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church in 2003, it triggered shock waves and fears of schism across the worldwide Anglican Communion....

My grandfather was at his 60th class reunion. During a round of golf with three classmates, one of his friends teed off. After hitting the ball, with his club still in the air, the man said, “Gentlemen, you’ll have to excuse me.” Then he fell to the ground, dead. My grandfather recounted this, adding, “And it was a nice shot.”  Advent’s scripture passages are about genuine rescue. But I wonder whether we’re sometimes embarrassed to preach about genuine rescue because we are embarrassed to admit we’re having a genuine emergency.

New today from the Century: The editors on demographic change and backlash, recommended new books in theology and current events, more.

So you have this book bursting within you. You really, really want to get published. You start lingering at the bookstore tables at major conferences in order to talk to people in publishing about how to do it and they say, “It’s all about the platform.”

Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was, by Gerhard Lohfink....