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Westboro to picket Betty Ford's funeral
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church has
announced plans to picket this week's funeral services for former first...
Iowa marriage pledge drops reference to slavery
WASHINGTON (RNS) An Iowa-based conservative Christian organization has
removed controversial language about slavery from a pledge to uphold...
Catholic crackdown: Elizabeth Johnson and the bishops
Perhaps the bishops view Elizabeth Johnson's work as dangerous precisely because she does not ridicule or reject tradition--she embraces it. She is loyal and critical at the same time.
Jacob's dreams and ours
The dream of a ladder linking earth to heaven is surely among the most familiar images of biblical literature. From "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" to "Stairway to Heaven," the idea has been deeply embedded in our collective consciousness.
Retired pastors as members
This
last Saturday and Sunday I celebrated at the parish from which I
retired three and a half years ago. The rector was away at camp, and...
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen fans were in a rough spot for nearly a decade and a half.
But now, with his sexy, sun-drenched
Mediterranean comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the enchanting new Midnight in Paris, Allen seems to have a new lease on life.
Varieties of order
A visit with Argentinan Pentecostal pastors left me grateful that the Spirit
can use a variety of traditions—some orderly and some wonderfully
disorderly—for the growth of the kingdom.
Presbyterians to officially allow gay clergy
(RNS) Presbyterians who support gay rights are prepping sanctuaries this
Sunday (July 10) to celebrate the passage of a new church policy that...
House directs Pentagon to uphold DOMA law on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (RNS) House lawmakers voted Thursday (July 7) to order the
Pentagon to uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that defines
marriage as between one man and one woman....
European Parliament adopts resolution on attacks against minorities in Indonesia
New Malden, United Kingdom, July 8 (ENInews)--The European Parliament
adopted a resolution on human rights in Indonesia on 7 July, making reference...
Global Christian leaders hail Southern Sudan's independence and assure continued support
Nairobi, Kenya, July 8 (ENInews)--Christian leaders from around the world
have pledged support for Southern Sudan, while hailing the region set to...
Summer reading list
A Discovery of Witches, by
Deborah Harkness. I'm a fan of the Twilight series and early Anne Rice. This
promises to be a good read in the same vein. For some reason, the title brings
to mind a murder
of crows.
Brown v. EMA and the obscenity double standard
Here's something that doesn't
happen everyday: Commonweal contributor...
The New Holy Wars, by Robert H. Nelson
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out." So complained 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot....
Church-state groups seek equal play for atheist concert
WASHINGTON (RNS) Three church-state activist groups criticized the Army
for allowing an evangelical concert at North Carolina's Fort Bragg but...
Christian agencies warn that 10 million people face famine in Horn of Africa
London, July 7 (ENInews)--With the United Nations warning that the Horn of Africa and other parts of Africa are facing their worst drought in sixty years, Christian Aid and several other relief age...
Catholics look into buying Crystal Cathedral
(RNS) The Crystal Cathedral, which has put its iconic campus up for sale
to end a bankruptcy crisis, has an interested party that needs a large...