… in an imagined cosmic warfare time is suspended, and history is transcended as the activists imagine themselves to be acting out timeless roles in a sacred drama. The tragedy is that these religious fantasies are played out in real time, with real and cruel consequences.
Of the 142,000 certified habitats in the country, 427 are operated by places of worship, said Roxanne Nersesian Paul, senior coordinator of community and volunteer outreach at the National Wildlife Federation. The Hilton church joins just 21 others in the state of New York that have completed the certification process.
The Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Revs. Margaret Rose, associate director for mission, and Petero Sabune, Africa partnerships officer, have been visiting the Democratic
[National Organization “for” Marriage] (NOM) wrote the headline, Majority Does Not Support SSM, but they’d much rather have written, Majority Opposes SSM. That’s one of their favorite talking points. Guess, they’ll have to retire it — even the polls they promote don’t let them say it.
The earth is the LORD’S and all that is in it, * the world and all who dwell therein. For it is God who founded
He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and
This summer, over a thousand children will work in a half-dozen studios creating glass, fiber, music and dance projects inspired by specific cultures chosen each year. The program tries to keep students involved in the arts at a time that schools are cutting back and it has given new life to a once small and aging congregation.
Zondervan, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, does not see any ethical dilemma for them in the wake of the revelations of the phone-hacking scandal
“The brethren also asked [Abba Agathon], ‘Amongst all good works, which is the virtue that requires the greatest effort?’ He answered, ‘Forgive me, but I
It mattered little that Rowling soon outed herself as a communicant in the Scottish Episcopal Church and told a Canadian newspaper: “Every time I’ve been asked if I believe in God, I’ve said, ‘yes,’ because I do. … If I talk too freely about that, I think the intelligent reader — whether 10 or 60 — will be able to guess what is coming in the books.”