An old-fashioned believer in hard work, he published more than 50 books in a career that started in the 1950s. Updike won virtually every literary prize, including two Pulitzers, for “Rabbit Is Rich” and “Rabbit at Rest,” and two National Book Awards.
She came out during her senior year of high school. Paige Williams acknowledged she was gay, and her devoutly religious parents were devastated. She later created a documentary called Mississippi Queen that tells her coming out story and her parents’ transformation. Her parents, in turn, sought solace through an organization called Exodus International.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has asked the primates of five provinces, including the Anglican Church of Canada, to reflect on the impact that the current Anglican conflict over sexuality has had on the mission and priorities of their churches.
During this time of economic crisis, in which American families are plagued by rising unemployment and increasing health care costs, the Senate must now act quickly to reauthorize the program to increase both the number of children served by SCHIP, improve the quality of health coverage they receive, and provide long-term, dedicated funding to this critical program.
There is finally some video available of the Children of the Gospel Choir singing He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands at the National Prayer Service last Wednesday.
Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, TN, hopes to draw attention to the plight of millions of Iraqis who have fled their homes since 2003 and says that the Gospel compels us to welcome the refugee.
Church planter Gary Schokely suggests that weddings, funerals and baptisms may be an opportunity for congregations to welcome the unaffiliated when they come to us for a service.
A Texas state legislator has introduced a bill which appears to be geared toward addressing property issues resulting from the secession of former congregations of the The General Convention Of The Episcopal Church in the United States over the ordination of openly gay clergy.
Fifty years ago, Pope John XXIII called for a council. Christian of every tradition still feel the effects of Vatican II, even as the promise of those days appears to have faded. How does the Church move forward, when it is stuck in the constant battles between those who would preserve tradition and those hear the call to engage the world?
As the students of all colors and backgrounds joined together in a conga line that snaked around the room, the celebration seemed to answer Obama’s call to come together as one. “We’re passing the stage of racism,” said Bokamoso youth group member Pearl Zondo, 19, of Obama’s historic inauguration. “We’re finally realizing that we are the same, if you can just forget our skin color.”