Rhonda Mawhood Lee had a fear of singing in public and in overcoming her phobia she learned “to trust God’s power to heal a small yet deeply felt past hurt, {and] understood anew our Christian proclamation that strength is found in vulnerability.”
National Catholic Reporter tells the story of Toua Vang, an Episcopal priest serving the Hmong community in Minneapolis.
Even though there are fewer religion reporters than ever, the everyday journalist and writer can now learn a little more though the 2014 AP Stylebook.
The U.S. Census Bureau will now count same-sex spouses as married couples, rather than grouping them with cohabiting partners. The change will appear in the bureau’s household survey due out in September.
Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington reflects on what it will take to change the apparent lock that the gun lobby has on legislators and the culture.
Robert M. Gates, the former secretary of defense and director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was elected president of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday. As Secretary of Defense, he led the military in the dismantling of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Will he lead the Scouts to change its policy on gay Scouts and leaders?
Every diocese in the Church of England that held a synod before the deadline has passed the resolution allowing for women to ordained to the episcopate. The matter now goes to General Synod.
What a difference a decade makes! Ten years ago when Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage, there were predictions of the end of the world, 11 states passed bans on same-sex marriage –that are now being struck down as unconstitutional–and the fervor swayed a presidential election. So what changed?
In celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage in Oregon, Bishop Michael Hanley of the Diocese of Oregon, of the diocese about whether it is appropriate for clergy to function as an agent of the state with regards to marriage.
The Diocese of Virginia looks at five churches that have experienced growth in the past five to seven years and asked “How have these communities not only survived but even thrived during a time when many are struggling?”