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Jesus groans: Mark 7:24-37
Jesus does not serve the vague “God of everybody.” He serves the scandalously particular God of Israel.
For shame: Only God can set it right
In the Bible, the ambiguity of shame is unmistakable.
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker is the best movie to come out of the war in Iraq so far. In fact, it’s the finest American war film of the past decade. ...
Traces of God
If by the early years of the 20th century traditional monotheism had not died in the hearts and minds ...
The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future
Martha Nussbaum is perhaps the most generative public intellectual of our time....
A Syllable of Water: Twenty Writers of Faith Reflect on Their Art
In her chapter on novel writing in this collection, Doris Betts decries writing teachers who ask their students ...
Back to ethics
“Be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves” is the kind of statement...
For shame
In the Bible, the ambiguity of shame is unmistakable.
The price of print: Economic reality
The only downside to spending time on a barrier island in North Carolina in the summer is that it’s hard to find a good newspaper....
Educated choice: The best response to sex trafficking
Most prostitutes do not make a conscious choice to go into that way of life. Many are led into it by a childhood experience of sexual abuse. Others turn to it as the only way to earn a living....
Century Marks
Called to journalism: Barbara Ehrenreich, giving the commencement address at the journalism school of the University of California at Berkeley, warned graduates that they are embarking on a career in a dying industry. Still, she challenged the graduates: “As long as there is a story to be told, an injustice to be exposed, a mystery to be solved, we will find a way to do it. A recession won’t stop us. A dying industry won’t stop us. Even poverty won’t stop us” (SFGate.com, May 31).
A corner of the city: Caring for one place
When we moved to New York, my husband, Chris, picked a corner of the city to own....
Together on the ark: The witness of intentional community
I once heard a preacher say that it might have been crowded and a little smelly inside Noah’s ark, but the folks inside knew it was better to be on board than not....
Briefly noted
A Michigan-based Christian relief group, International Aid, has closed its doors amid financial struggles, and World Vision, one of the largest evangelical relief agencies, has eliminated ab...
Religious groups resist India ruling on gays: Decision decriminalizing homosexuality
India’s Supreme Court agreed July 9 to hear an appeal of a lower-court decision that decriminalized homosexuality after a yoga guru said the right to privacy does not “include the right to enjoy de...
Obama may attend several churches in Washington: Concern about security procedures for churches
President Obama said he may attend “a number of different churches” in Washington rather than just one and is receiving a daily devotional message from a key staffer....
Churches may be affected by FCC change on wireless microphone frequencies: Following shift to all-digital television signals
When the switch to all-digital television signals was completed nationwide in mid-June amid great fanfare, many churches were unaware that their wireless microphone systems could be affected....