The opening prayer at the U.S. Senate usually doesn’t generate a lot of controversy. But on July 12, 2007, when chaplain Rajan Zed of Reno, Nev., became the first Hindu to deliver an opening prayer in the U.S. Senate, he was interrupted by Christian protesters….
Tobias Haller: It also strikes me that we are seeing, in the development of the Network, the final collapse of a geographical rootedness to the church. We are entering the world of the virtual church, the Church of the Five Faves, the church not of geographical and terrestrial space, but of affinity: Ecclesiastical MySpace
The Ojibwe clergy whom I knew growing up said that if they hadn’t been good hunters and skilled fishermen, their families would have suffered hunger. “The stipends were pitiful,” but they remained faithful. To this day, the heroes of the faith, and the churches they established serve the Indian community with heart, hope and energy.
At the heart of the Spiritual Exercises is learning how to discern the origin of our desiring. Each of us knows the pull and tug of various urges, some for our well-being and some for our downfall. These pulls, tugs, urges, and desires are movements that come from different sources. One of these sources is God and the other is not-God or, as Ignatius calls it, “the enemy of our human nature.”
The Federal Trade Commission has recently completed a study of the practice of using credit ratings to price auto insurance, a practice several states forbid
“One thing became especially clear to me. Our African brothers and sisters want us to come and see them! When I suggested in one meeting that the money spent on plane tickets might be better spent on funding various projects, I was quickly reminded that ‘God created people before God created money,'” writes Smith.
Monday he was praised as a “great leader” by The Right Rev. Bob Duncan, Moderator of the Anglican Communion Network. Tuesday an Ecclesiastical Court in
Radner: “The recent statements by the Moderator of the Network, Robert Duncan so contradict my sense of calling within this part of Christ’s Body, the Anglican Communion, that I have no choice but to disassociate myself from this group.”
It is entirely unprofessional to bring a pet to work. And because they spend so much time in a work environment, many folks come into our church office expecting a certain amount of decorum and propriety. They expect the priests here to be wearing suits. They expect this to be a Well-Run Office. And, my friends, that is fairly contrary to what I understand the Church to be.
An account attributed to Nicodemus, telling of Jesus’ resurrection appearance to Joseph of Arimathea, who had been imprisoned for the faith that prompted him to anoint and bury the body of Jesus.