Just as the people of Joplin, came together after a 2010 tornado, the town’s congregrations have rallied around the Islamic Society of Joplin after their mosque was burned to the ground.
Women at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mesa, AZ, painstakingly painted and wrote in calligraphy the pages of Genesis in an ambitious “scriptorium” project led by parishioner and medieval-art enthusiast Lee Kitts.
The Religious Institute has begun a campaign to obtain thousands of religious leaders’ endorsements of family planning and to make universal access available to all women.
“Refraining from violence, then, is not a sign of weakness in one’s faith; it is absolutely the opposite, a sign that one’s faith is unshakable.” — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Dave Walker, popular cartoonist and commentator of all things church-y and quirky, is taking a break from his weekly cartoons in the Church Times.
As the Paralympics in London continue, we learn about The Reverend Nick Barr-Hamilton, the new Vicar of St George, Fatfield, in the Diocese of Durham in the Church of England. .
When the Democrats had their floor fight about the Jerusalem the other day, it was an example of how evangelical Christian Zionists were able to intrude into American politics aided and abetted by inattentive journalists, ignorant of the ways religion and politics interact.
Forbes magazine asks a Jesuit priest, a techie, and a stock analyst if investing in Apple might support an immoral corporation.
Directly confronting doubt and fundemental questions of faith is essential for effective ministry to young people.
No amount of cleverness or pluck will grow your church. First, your church will have to die.