What she didn’t tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.
John McCain is the choice of voters who attend church weekly, but Barack Obama seems to be the choice of people who attend church once or twice a month. Of white evangelicals and black Protestants surveyed, 67 percent said their pastor speaks out about the issue of homosexuality — among Catholics that number drops to 37 percent.
Tom Heneghan at Reuters’ FaithWorld blog asks whether a pro-choice president, Barack Obama, for instance, could reduce the U.S. abortion rate? Steve Waldman of Beliefnet points out that “during Democratic administrations (pro-choice administrations) the average annual abortion rate is virtually identical to that under Republican administrations.”
Premier Christian Media has produced a thought-provoking resource for churches as they campaign against human trafficking as part of ‘Not for Sale’ according to Christian
When chatter about candidates and platforms fills the airwaves, when everyone pontificates about the last debate or recent TV appearance, you can seem out of touch with reality or too timid if you don’t join in the national conversation and take a public stand. Who wants to go to a church led by an irrelevant coward?
An amazing phenomenon is occurring in America, and the excitement is palpable. Have you noticed the increasing number of young people awakening to their responsibilities and rights as members of a democracy? The good news in this presidential election is the 18- to 29-year-olds stepping up to help heal our troubled country.
Mad Priest pointed us to this video, which speaks in opposition to California’s Proposition 8 and is based on 1 Corinthians 13. While part of the intense media barrage for and against the ballot measure, this video frames the debate perfectly.
Steven Waldman: Inspired by the Twelve Tribes of Biblical Israel and based on the new National Survey of Religion and Politics conducted by the University
Yesterday, at the urging of the conservative Allied Defense Fund, some 33 pastors endorsed a presidential candidate (John McCain, presumably, and ironically, given his history
I grow uneasy –and suspicious– when spiritual advisors talk about their pastoral relationships with candidates Jeremiah Wright’s speech to the NAACP was profoundly distressing and obviously embarrassing to the candidate. I had the same problem with a New York Times front page article a few weeks ago featuring an interview with Sarah Palin’s pastor. Are they doing it with the candidates’ permission? Or if not, whose agenda is being furthered?