I’ve never quiet understood some of Paul’s argument in this passage from Romans. He seems to imply that the law is a little bit like someone saying, “Don’t think of a hippopotamus.” By putting a name to sin, the law raises the sin to our consciousness.
Nearly half of responding congregations reported budget increases for 2012 compared with 2011. Increases were likely to be allocated toward salaries, outreach programs, mission activities, and revenue-generating activities.
by Lisa Fischbeck Tanzina Vega reported for the New York Times on January 16, that the television show “Scandal” is making “friends and history”. The
a new agreement to ban discrimination in the Commonwealth:
There is now a growing body of recent and very disturbing literature about church conflicts, toxic congregations, poorly managed after care situations, repeat lay antagonists of clergy, episcopal mishandling of divided parishes, and related topics.
Psalm 66, 67 (Morning) Psalm 19, 46 (Evening) Jeremiah 14:1-9,17-22 Galatians 4:21-5:1 Mark 8:11-21 Every time my dog Boomer gets skunked, I am amazed that
On the third ballot the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia has elected the the Very Rev. Mark Bourlakas, Dean of the Cathedral, Louisville, KY, to be
Bishop Ahrens spoke powerfully of her experience as a pastor and church leader in the days following the tragic shootings in Newtown. “There’s no one to impress when your heart is broken,” she said. “The cross reveals violence and speaks forgiveness offering new life. The love revealed in the life and witness of Jesus speaks to a peace.”
Today is the 50th wedding anniversary of Ann and Jim Fontaine. Ann has been a Cafe newsblogger for as long as there has been a
Five key Catholic bishops are opposing the newly authorized Violence Against Women Act for fear it will subvert traditional views of marriage and gender. Meanwhile, a new Quinnipiac poll show that most American Catholics think their church is “out of touch.”