The Archive
Author: Jim Naughton
The Jesus Gap
Growing up, I believed that Jesus cared mostly about my heart. Of course, he cared about whether or not I was nice. But in the end, Jesus’ biggest concern centered on having a “relationship with me.” ~Derek Penwell
Is e-mail the new “parking lot”?
Effective communication during a conflicted situation requires an extra dose of care and attention, especially if you are using an electronic, computer-based system to communicate to hurting, angry, or suspicious people.
Rise in glory Louise Emerson Brooks
UPDATE 9/4: details for services for Louise There are no words to express the depths of our gratitude for your words of support and love
Election Day Communion
An election day idea for churches from the
Unification Church head Rev. Moon dies
The founder of the Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has died.
Tutu: Bush and Blair should face trial at The Hague
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
Cub Scouts cannot meet at St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church told Cub Scout Pack 4 last week it can no longer use church facilities because of the Boy Scouts of America’s reaffirmation earlier this summer of its exclusion of gay men and boys.
Hildegard of Bingen to be made “Doctor of the Church”
Forget those silly diagrams of Triangles your Sunday School teacher used to try to make this mysterious doctrine comprehensible. Instead of the sharp, angular (and hyper-masculine) triangular Trinity, Hildegard offers a fluid, energetic, embedded, holistic Trinity that eschews anthropomorphism for the Father and the Spirit but celebrates both the distinctiveness of the three persons and their inherent unity.
The essential work of campus ministry
Here’s how they do it at Indiana University.