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Stuck
It seems as though every time I read a well known piece of scripture, I find something I had never seen before....
Welcomed to ministry
Our service ended with a Eucharist, celebrated at an
imposing altar. I
learned to make my gestures big, to open my arms wide, to lift the cup
above my head. What I never quite got the hang of was the chanting.
Nairobi blast survivors meet bin Laden's death with prayer
Nairobi, Kenya, May 3 (ENInews)--The killing of Osama bin Laden has united survivors of the 1998 terrorist attack on the U.S....
What do the bylaws say? Order and disorder in the church: Order and disorder in the church
Congregations that pay little heed to their bylaws are often in a state
of perpetual crisis, chronic conflict and steady decline.
Supreme Court to weigh `Israel' on U.S. passports
JERUSALEM (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to tackle the question
of whether American passports issued to children born in Jerusalem
should include the word "Israel."...
Canadian bishop pleads guilty to child pornography
TORONTO (RNS) A former Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia has pleaded
guilty to trying to import child pornography after he was arrested in
2009 returning from a trip to Thailand....
Day of prayer marked with dissenting views
Supporters marked the 60th annual National Day of Prayer on May 5,
just weeks after a federal appeals court dismissed a suit that...
Cathedral attendance up, says Church of England
Five days after one of Britain's great churches, London's Westminster
Abbey, was seen on television by millions as the site of a royal...
About that MLK quote
A friend posted this to Facebook the other day: "'Burial at sea is a weird choice, and only invites suspicion, but I really don't want to have to see the photographs, either.'" - Martin Luther King, Jr."
The Tenth Parallel, by Eliza Griswold
Eliza Griswold's book is a nearly perfect puzzle. On the one hand, she is doing some of the most important religious journalism being done these days....
Something game-changing
When the great theologian Karl Barth was charged with being a
universalist, he reportedly denied it, but then quoted 1 John: "Christ
died for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the
whole world."
Ala. governor calls Jews `brothers and sisters'
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (RNS) Gov. Robert Bentley, who came under fire earlier
this year for telling non-Christians that "you're not my brother and...
Justice or vengeance? The killing of bin Laden: The killing of bin Laden
"For God and country,” said the SEAL team commander. But if the God that Augustine had in mind were to shape how we think about war, there wouldn’t be much room to celebrate the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Reformed denominations join to plant churches
After splitting more than 150 years ago, the Reformed Church in
America and the Christian Reformed Church are joining together to launch...
Wheaton alumni rally around gay students
Following a recent chapel series at Wheaton College on "Sexuality and
Wholeness," gay alumni and other alumni of the school have formed an...
Pastor-mothers balance pulpit and parenting
Every now and then, pastor Amy Butler will find herself having to do a
little simultaneous parenting and preaching from her pulpit at Calvary
Baptist Church in downtown Washington....
John's prayer book
If there is one thing we natives of rural northeast Missouri know how to
do, we know how to "do funeral." One of the greatest comforts in this...
Come and pray
David
Vogan is one of the most dedicated church members I know. Every Sunday, 15
minutes before the prelude begins, he climbs up into our soaring, Gothic tower...
Sunday, May 15, 2011: 1 Peter 2:19-25
"But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God's approval." (1 Pet. 2:20b)...
Muslims confront government over travel woes
PARMA, Ohio (RNS) Government officials told Arab-Americans and Muslims
that some post-9/11 security measures are easing, and acknowledged that...