“42” and non-violent resistance
April 14, 2013
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Someone wise once quipped that God got tired waiting for the churches to do something about racism, so God went to major league baseball.
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A Green Hero
April 14, 2013
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Rolling Stone highlights the Rev. Sally Bingham as a “New Green Hero” and part of what they area calling “The Fossil Fuel Resistance.”
Speed dating with a twist
April 13, 2013
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Citizens and local leaders met across a table for questions, answers, sweet tea and lemonade at an event designed to create dialogue about important local issues.
Mormons step back from crusading against marriage equality
April 13, 2013
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The Mormon church is flinching from a backlash caused by their public stand against marriage equality
VTS risking to reach out
April 12, 2013
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Tomorrow, the campus of the Virginia Theological Seminary will host over 1,600 people who will come to play quiddich and listen to a Christian rock concert,
Pleading for moderation in the face of injustice
April 12, 2013
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Fifty years ago today, the religious leaders of Alabama published the statement that prompted MLK to write his response from the Birmingham jail. Many are familiar with MLK’s letter but may not be aware of this document.
Making meaning out of Matthew Warren’s suicide
April 12, 2013
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When the sad news broke that Matthew Warren, 27, the youngest son of Pastor Rich Warren committed suicide, people began to immediately assign meaning to his death. Some of it was ugly and some of it compassionate.
“Who are they compromising with?”
April 12, 2013
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Some clergy from Newtown, Connecticut, disapprove of the compromise gun bill now before the Senate.
Marriage: one man and one woman?
April 12, 2013
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Updated: A clergy member of the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission has written a response to the recent report by that group defending the view that marriage has always been about one man and one woman. Meanwhile, the Church Times says this about the report: “ignore it.”
Judaism, Christianity and “The Bible”
April 7, 2013
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As the History Channel mini-series “The Bible” winds up, Rabbi Michael Bernstein thinks about how Judaism and Christianity seem like two faith separated by a common scripture.
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