The Archive
Author: Jim Naughton
Rowan Williams: If all you have is a gun, everything is a target
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spoke out on gun violence in his comments on the BBC’s
Bishops urge petitions against gun violence
The Rt Revs Jon Bruno of Los Angeles and James Curry of Connecticut are asking people to sign online petitions to end gun violence:
National Religious Leaders speak out on gun violence
As churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious groups toll their bells for the victims in Sandy Hook Elementary School, national religious leaders gathered at the
For whom will our bells toll?
Remembering especially those who take life, and doing so with any measure of compassion, so soon after the deed is done, can be the hardest thing. But Jesus’ call to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” is not invalidated by our anger, hurt, or confusion.
Seeing God in schools
Couple of blog posts on God in schools: Cafe News Blogger Kurt Wiesner responds to calls to “Put God back in schools.” Part of it
Ancient bones show a culture of compassion
Among archaeological finds, she said, she knows “about 30 cases in which the disease or pathology was so severe, they must have had care in order to survive.” And she said there are certainly more such cases to be described. “I am totally confident that there are almost any number of case studies where direct support or accommodation was necessary.”
How do we make sense of the Sandy Hook tragedy?
The Rt Rev Ian Douglas comments on the religious questions in the face of the horror of the Sandy Hook killings. Sunday School Director Sue