Nebraskans will have interfaith model in Omaha
Omaha’s Islamic, Christian, and Jewish communities are committing to a faith life lived in essentially the same space.
Omaha’s Islamic, Christian, and Jewish communities are committing to a faith life lived in essentially the same space.
“The issues raised by the Occupy movement are important to be discussing in society, and so I’m happy to offer our cathedral to provide hospitality and a venue so those conversations can continue,” Dean Jep Streit said.
The response to “Strong” has been solid, wide-ranging, and in some ways quite humorous and knowing, with gentle catechetical goals along the way about what being a Christian actually means. Some are silly, some quite serious, some even a little blue (so be warned).
Lutheran bishop Mike Rinehart says in the church, insiders trump outsiders every time, leading to a culture that just can’t think of how it might present itself to outsiders. The only long-lasting solution is a complete reorientation to the those who haven’t yet come.
When Tebow bends to pray, whether or not he knows it, he’s saying that the religion of sports in America is not the one true God. And that, at least, is saying something.
“The Muppets teach us Christians that a building does not a church make..”
A dispute between management and labor for the past four years has come to an at least temporary halt through a series of settlements reached this week. Those present at General Convention 2009 may recall the concern noted through worker demonstrations.
The Faith and Order Board implies that having a fixed position allows it to be more capable of open listening.
“What’s the exact point at which paying taxes to the Empire gets in the way of serving God? What’s the exact point at which involvement in the ‘empire’ of capitalist economy compromises you fatally? ”
In his world, Catholics become Anglicans in order to be more explicitly lazy, petty, irreligious, and heretical.