Fred Phelps’ disciples from Westboro Baptist have announced their intention to picket Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral this weekend. Steve Shriffen suggests that there should be legal distinction drawn between speech made in the public arena and speech that is effectively a private attack:
A group of sociologists of religion have published the results of study of clergy women in the Presbyterian Church that revisits a study done in 1993-1994 to see what is now different in their career and career paths.
The situation in Haiti is getting (as hard as it is to imagine) even more dire. The cholera epidemic is spreading, violence is spiraling and the fear of unrestrained mob violence is growing.
“The Holy Thorn Tree of Glastonbury has been chopped down in what is being seen by some as a deliberately anti-Christian act.” “Katherine Gorbing, curator of the town’s abbey, said: ‘The mindless vandals who have hacked down this tree have struck at the heart of Christianity.”
If you are using the new NIV this year you may want to adjust the script slightly. The translators have done away with the word ‘inn’ in Luke 2:7 and replaced it with ‘guest room.’ Perhaps other translators will decide to follow.
You can tell that it’s Advent out there because this week’s news coverage of the ministries of Episcopal parishes is pretty sparse. That doesn’t mean
“On the second ballot of today’s electing convention, the Rev. Rayford Ray was elected as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Northern Michigan.”
Episcopalians, Moravians, Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians in Winston-Salem North Carolina have all been taking part this Fall in a cooperative journey that has both physical and spiritual dimensions.
As the January date of the upcoming vote on the question of partition nears, Christians across the United States are being asked to support the people of Sudan with their prayers. This focus of prayer began in earnest this week with an event at the Episcopal Church Center in NYC which brought together representatives of a number of denominations.
We’ve reported earlier on the financial difficulties that the Crystal Cathedral has been experiencing. What’s not been reported until now is that there are actually two churches that see themselves as preserving Robert Schuller’s legacy; the original church that Robert founded and a new expression that has Robert’s grandson Bobby as the driving force.