The Archive
Year: 2013
West Africa sharing the Gospel in our time
The Church in West Africa is looking at a variety of approaches to spread the Gospel and stem the tide of young people leaving for
Sheep and goats – today
Yesterday, The Lead ran a Occupy the Bible:
Holy Week readings: Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music commentary
This commentary will focus on texts that are linked to the sometimes unintended anti-Judaism which these texts have nourished in Christian liturgy.
Archbishop of Canterbury chooses book for Lent 2013
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Screening Experience
For those who knew the Messiah could not come from Galilee, who were certain because the Bible told them, their ears would not allow them to hear these words that brought springs of living water to others.
Real movement on gun control
“This legislation will for the first time make gun trafficking a federal crime in order to provide tools to law enforcement to get illegal guns off the streets and away from criminal networks and street gangs. Currently, there is no federal law that defines gun trafficking as a crime.”
Two priests take a lead in protecting transgender students
Two Episcopal priests are at the forefront of efforts to make Massachusetts schools safer for transgender youth, as you can read in this story from The Boston Globe.
Steinfels: Catholic Church needs “shock therapy”
The eminent religion writer Peter Steinfels, formerly of Commonweal and The New York Times returns to the pages of the Catholic magazine with a proposal
Wealth inequality: a tutorial
A few figures from this short film on wealth inequality: The top one percent own half the country’s stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The bottom