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Three new religious themed TV shows coming to a television near you

January 23, 2016 No Comments

Three TV series with a religious subplot or theme will begin airing in mid January.

10 Things, plus a bonus, he doesn’t believe about the Bible

January 23, 2016 33 Comments

A lot of our differences as Christians can be boiled down to how we individually feel about the Bible, our approach to scripture. Earlier this week, Pastor John Pavlovitz, posted an essay on his blog Stuff That Needs to be Said, entitled 10 Things This Christian Doesn’t Believe About The Bible.

Small churches and the loss of social bonds in rural communities

January 22, 2016 2 Comments

The social bonds of rural communities in Iowa…including churches…are crumbling. Here is how some communities in Iowa are responding.

A round up of Primates meeting news and reaction

January 22, 2016 12 Comments

Here is a round up of news reports from The Church Times and elsewhere about the Primates meeting last week.

As you prepare to march, meditate on the life and teaching of Jesus.

January 22, 2016 4 Comments

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preaching at Trinity, Wall Street, at the opening of the 2016 Trinity Institute, with a sermon on Matthew 8, the story of the centurion’s servant.

Curry emphasizes autonomy of Anglican Consultative Council

January 21, 2016 32 Comments

THE Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rt Revd Michael Curry, has emphasised the autonomy of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), in the wake of the Primates’ decision to censure his Church.

Beware the rule followers

January 21, 2016 6 Comments

Can a Harvard study on “toxic workers” have some application in the church?

Listening to all voices on human sexuality in the Church of Ireland

January 21, 2016 No Comments

“Select Committee met with all who requested an interview, as part of a process of listening to those with experience of living with same-sex attraction, either personally or closely connected with those who would be so identified. This was a creative and deeply moving process or engagement that left no one unaffected, even those who did not take part in the actual interviews, but, as members of the Select Committee, had access to the type-scripts afterwards. Witness from parents with children searching for their true sexual identity was particularly powerful, indeed, almost overwhelming.”

Archbishop of Canterbury wades in on Primates Meeting

January 21, 2016 No Comments

Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has joined his voice to the ongoing tide of reflections on the just concluded gathering of Primates by posting his reflections on Facebook. You can read the whole thing here.

EPA reaches out to religious groups to combat food waste, environmental damage

January 20, 2016 No Comments

National Public Radio reported on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new program, Food Steward’s Pledge, which is reaching out to unlikely allies – religious groups –

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