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Pastoral ministry as selling

April 7, 2013 4 Comments

by George Clifford What makes for a great bishop, dean, rector, or vicar? One vital part of the answer to that question is that the

Magic Rocks or Living Stones

April 7, 2013 No Comments

Psalm 146, 147 (Morning) Psalm 111, 112, 113 (Evening) Isaiah 43:8-13 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-7 1 Peter 2:2-10: Like newborn infants, long for the

Looking at interfaith marriages

April 6, 2013 2 Comments

In the 1960s, about 20 percent of married couples were in interfaith unions; now 45% of married couples are likely to be of different religions.

Ethics on the basketball court

April 6, 2013 4 Comments

When Faith Baptist played Grinnel on the basketball court last November, Grinnel’s Jack Taylor shot an NCAA-record 138 points as his team went on to win 179-104. Was their star a hero blessed by God or did the winning team–representing an evangelical Christian school–simply humiliate their opponents?

Sudan’s ‘Lost Boys & Girls’ celebrate Easter in Utah

April 6, 2013 No Comments

Orphans displaced by the decades-long civil war in Sudan, known as “The Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan,” now resettled in the U.S., celebrate Easter at All Saints Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City.

Finding faith in the abyss

April 6, 2013 2 Comments

Christian Wiman, the editor of Poetry magazine and a poet himself, writes about his faith and his illness in “My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer.”

Good news on the street corner

April 6, 2013 No Comments

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them

Gateway to hell

April 5, 2013 No Comments

If you are looking for the highway to hell, your search is over. Italian archeologists believe they have found it in southwestern Turkey.

The Testament of Mary

April 5, 2013 2 Comments

Colm Tobin’s one woman show explores the life of the mother of Jesus, before the layers of piety defined her image for the church. The Rev. Jon Richardson reviews the play.

Public input sought on NZ cathedral design