Latest Articles

While the most tried-and-true way to say "I'm a serious American roots artist" is to book Emmylou Harris to sing backup, a close second is to get T-Bone Burnett to be your producer.

When Ash Wednesday arrived in 2009, my recently diagnosed stage IV cancer had already reduced two of my vertebrae to dust. I feared that the rest of me wasn't far behind.

Faith, birth, vocation: our readings offer us profound, intimidating terms for thinking about what it means to be in relationship with God.

(RNS) For the second time in recent months, the Vatican has overruled a U.S. bishop's decision to close churches in his diocese, a rare reversal...

(RNS) A former FBI counterterrorism director on Tuesday (March 8) rejected allegations by the chairman of the House Homeland Security...

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A Baptist advocate for religious liberty and the separation of church and state said March 8 that House committee...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Atheist Michael Newdow plans to continue his fight to get "In God We Trust" off U.S. currency after the Supreme Court denied a...

I feel sorry for those who never got to hear Peter Gomes work a congregation while a biblical text worked him. He was a teacher, raconteur and best-selling author. But his primary vocation was as a preacher.

Paul tells us to "resolve" never to put a hindrance to the gospel before another person—and resolve is what it takes. By initiating a conversation about hell, Rob Bell is putting his reputation on the line.

Neo-cons at the Weekly Standard like Bill Kristol, Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell and John McCain, and liberal interventionists such...

The majority of young adults in America not only think they should explore different relationships, they believe it may be foolish and wrong not to.

NEW DELHI (RNS) Protesters in Bhutan are denouncing the three-year prison sentence of a Buddhist monk charged with violating the small kingdom's anti-tobacco law. ...

Bangalore, India, March 4 (ENInews)--Two advocates for the Palestinian cause in the Middle East have expanded an awareness campaign to churches worldwide and recently brought the campaign to India....

Wellington, New Zealand, March 7 (ENInews)--Following widespread reports that 20 to 22 people had been trapped inside the Anglican cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand after a devastating earthqu...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Days ahead of a controversial congressional hearing on Islamic extremism, the Obama administration is highlighting the role...

NEW YORK (RNS) When Anam Chaudhry, 17, sang the national anthem to several hundred protesters in Times Square on Sunday afternoon, she wore...

Sometimes being a pastor is a real pain. But few pastors want to admit it. J. R. Briggs is trying to change that....

The first Sunday of Lent is the best time of the year to talk about sin. Many people in the church, especially the mainline church, are stuck when it comes to the overlap of sin and sensuality. No one really wants to be the pastor who comes over all judgmental about sex.

While Say Goodbye is no straightforward salute to Mem­phis, soul is as good a word as any for this quiet, strange but above all groovy little record.

Tokyo, March 3 (ENInews)--The Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation has announced it will award its 2011 Peace Prize to Sulak Sivaraksa, a Thai Buddhist leader....