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Student survey says some likely to throw punches, others taunts
(RNS) A recent survey of 43,000 high school students found that
public school students were more likely to participate in physical...
Georgia Baptists oust second church with woman pastor
ALBANY, Ga. (ABP) – For the second year in a row, the Georgia Baptist
Convention has withdrawn fellowship from one of its most historic member...
U.S. hunger rate still at historic high
The number of Americans struggling with hunger remained stable in
2009 despite the economic downturn but at the highest recorded level,
according to new federal figures....
In move to the right, bishops choose Dolan
In a dramatic break with tradition, U.S. Catholic bishops elected New
York archbishop Timothy Dolan as their next president, choosing a...
The community Thanksgiving service
Our local ministerial association met recently to flesh out
the details of the annual community Thanksgiving service. The meeting is always...
New regular blogger: Julie Clawson
We've enjoyed having Adam Copeland around as a regular blogger for the last several weeks, so we've invited Julie Clawson to do a similar stint from now till Christmas....
Experiencing Eucharist
I grew up attending Bible and Baptist
churches; now I generally identify with the emerging church. So I've had quite...
A review of God’s Economy
God's Economy is a bold, wide-ranging book that will challenge both liberals and conservatives....
Iraqi Christians living in fear, say Baptists
As bombings increased recently in Baghdad, a Baptist pastor in the Iraqi capital told a European Baptist leader that Christians there are living in fear, especially after an attack October 31 at a ...
Room to speak: Korean-American women in the PCUSA
In 2004, I was the 40th Korean-American clergywoman to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)....
U.S. activists lobby against U.N. defamation resolution
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious freedom advocates are urging members of the
United Nations to vote against the latest proposal from Islamic...
Rural church leaves ELCA over gay clergy, genetics proposal
(RNS) A rural North Dakota church has voted to leave the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, not only to protest its recent policies to...
Tradition hits Israeli barrier as Palestinians try to harvest olives
Bethlehem, West Bank, November 15 (ENInews)--Though the olive branch is a symbol of peace, harvesting olives for Palestinians, when they have to pass through a military-manned barrier to get to the...
Bishops defend opposition to health care reform
BALTIMORE (RNS) The outgoing head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops vigorously defended the bishops' opposition to the health care...
Words in our bones
Reflecting on the Benedictus gives us an opportunity to
reflect on the place of memorization and repetition in our formation as people
who read the Bible as if our lives depended on it. Ellen Davis calls reading
the Bible as if our lives depended on it confessional reading. She does not
mean reading the Bible in light of a denominational confession. She means
reading the Bible as an "indispensible word."
The war logs and the reign of Christ
Reign of Christ Sunday is not the most approachable lectionary theme. Should the focus be on the reign or the one reigning?...
Closing hymns
She is foggy, struggling to find the old gifts of conversation. But she knows me, I think. I
tell her all of the reassuring things that pastors say in such a
setting. "The Creator who has watched over you all of the days of your
life is now holding you in those sacred hands." She smiles and
struggles to respond with words I barely understand.
Texas Baptists provide supplies for victims of violence in Mexico
McALLEN, Texas (ABP) -- Texas Baptists and Buckner International...
Actress pushes churches to reach out to prisoners
(RNS) Jesus left his followers with precious few commands: love thy
neighbor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked and visit the prisoner among...