Online devotions: Stations of the Cross
March 29, 2010
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Courtesy of the Diocese of Washington, we present three sets of Stations of the Cross for your Holy Week devotions.
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Day: March 29, 2010
The roots of religious violence in Nigeria
March 29, 2010
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In a poverty-stricken nation with a failed state and rampant political corruption, the recent violence between Christians and Muslims has been blamed solely on religion. But to a reporter from the Economist who spent two years covering Nigeria, it’s far more complicated than that.
The roots of African “hetero-nationalism”
March 29, 2010
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Even if leaders as different as Akinola and Ndungane were to agree that all access to Scripture is traditionally mediated, they would disagree over what constitutes “African Tradition.” Is it the heterosexual family values that Akinola brandishes against the Muslim incursion? Or the discourse of human rights that has emerged from South Africa’s history of apartheid?
Diocese of Los Angeles sees court decision as early Easter gift
March 29, 2010
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“When I received the news of the Appellate Court’s decision, I was overjoyed,” said Diocesan Bishop J. Jon Bruno. “It is now time for us to move on with a sense of understanding of what it is to be called by God.
Final Four challenge
March 29, 2010
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As anyone who has ever watched a post-game interview knows, God takes a rooting interest in the outcome of American sporting events. So here are the questions: Who does God want to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship–Butler, Duke, Michigan State or West Virginia? Why? Answer in the comments.
For thee he died
March 29, 2010
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“Father to me Thou art, and Mother dear,
And Brother too, kind Husband of my heart!”
So speaks Andromache in boding fear,
Ere from her last embrace her hero part—
So evermore, by Faith’s undying glow,
We own the Crucified in weal or woe.
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