The Boston Phoenix spends some time with the Rev. Dr. Katherine Ragsdale who will soon be the Dean and President of Episcopal Divinity School. Recently Ragsdale has come under attack for her prominent pro-choice work.
Cathy Grossman, USAToday interviews 4 journalists who have written books about their faith journeys. Usually religion reporters report what others are doing with religion and
In the darkest view, some say he entered into a pact with a Brooklyn power broker, Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez — ousting a priest as head of a Brooklyn community group that was tangling with Mr. Lopez. In return, according to this narrative, Mr. Lopez wrote a competing bill that would not lift the statute of limitations on abuse lawsuits.
The last half century has not been kind to the mainline denominations. Now the mainline churches are looking to their evangelical and free-church cousins and thinking about finding new ways to communicating their message to the community.
June may or may not be the most popular wedding month but it’s a good time for a heads-up to anyone engaged to be married: the beloved person you have promised to spend your life with — the one who will stand so regally beside you at the altar among the orange-blossoms and peonies, who will hold you so close as you cross the floor to “The Power of Love” or “From This Moment On” — will one day frustrate you more than you can imagine.
How did the early Christians begin to make sense of the Trinity? They saw that this new encounter with God was not the same as meeting God in three different roles or activities, just as I can be the celebrant of the eucharist, the coffee hour host, and an exasperated parent all on the same Sunday morning.