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Turning 40
As we’re all in the midst of Advent longing, I realize that I’m turning 40 in a couple of days. Which puts me in an odd position, since I write and speak about ministering with people in their 20s and 30s.
Sunday, January 1, 2012: Galatians 4:4–7
With all of the pressures of preparing for Christmas Day—the coming and going, the parties and presents—the Sunday following Christmas is welcome indeed.
Baptists, Pentecostals seek common ground
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Leaders of two large Christian traditions held
preliminary conversations Dec. 13-15 to lay groundwork for ecumenical...
Episcopal clergy arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest
New York, December 19 (ENInews)--A retired Episcopal Church bishop and at least two other Episcopal priests were arrested on 17 December after they entered a fenced property owned by historic Trini...
U.S. jumps to top of charity index
c. 2011 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans: the most generous people in the world. In this season of giving, that's no idle gloat.
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Muslims caught in reality show crossfire struggle to understand controversy
c. 2011 USA Today
/ DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS) When Fordson High School football coach Fouad Zaban was asked to be on a reality show about Muslim family life, his impulse was to decline....
Lawmaker pulls bid to give rabbis control of Israeli electricity
c. 2011 Religion News Service...
Anglican church's Christmas billboard vandalized in New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand, December 20 (ENInews)--An Anglican church's Christmas billboard, depicting Jesus' mother Mary dressed in traditional garb and holding a pregnancy test strip while covering ...
South Korean church leaders hope for peace following Kim's death
December 19 (ENInews)--Leaders of a South Korean church council expressed on 19 December "sincere condolences" on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il....
Public image worries SBC, pleases United Methodists
A task force that studied whether the nationwide Southern Baptist Convention should drop its regional name tag may have encouraged advocates for change after its own polling agency showe...
Climate talks offer no help to poor nations
United Nations climate talks achieved minimal success in late 2011, say Christian leaders and activists, agreeing with environmentalists and other experts who claim the outcome at Durban, South Afr...
Christianity by the numbers
With 2.18 billion adherents, Christianity has become a truly global
religion over the past century as rapid church growth in developing...
Pastoring during the holidays
It's become a cliche in pastor circles. How hard the holidays are.
Sometimes cliches can make the reality rather than represent it, but in
this case, I do think the holidays are particularly challenging for most
pastors.