… what does it mean when otherwise-thoughtful and respected church leaders like John Piper and Rick Warren’s Saddleback co-pastor Tom Holladay insist that women have no right to leave their abusive marriages?
Devastating tornadoes have touched down in Oklahoma and other parts of the US. News reports show damage and loss of life. From the
“But any time you can reach across the divide and work with people that are not like you, that’s what God calls us to do.”
Clinging to the notion of strength in the midst of uncertainty and fear, does make us feel better and safer in the short-term. But it also has a shadow side of desperation — if we only say we’re strong over and over again, it will magically become true.
Graham Putnam & Mahoney agreed to handle the service. “We take an oath to do this,” funeral director Peter Stefan said. “Can I pick and choose? No. Can I separate the sins from the sinners? No.”
Father Michael Lapsley, founder of the Institute for Healing of Memories, talks with Ethan Vesely-Flad about his own experience as the victim of bomb attack
Interesting thoughts on terrorism and religious affiliation from Juan Cole, professor at the University of Michigan, whose blog focuses on the Middle East, history and
UPDATE: Unconfirmed but Twitter is reporting the bishops have been freed. (Still unconfirmed 4/25/13 BBC Breaking News ?@BBCBreaking 3m Two bishops abducted in northern Syria
Lisa Miller has written a provocative column for New York Magazine dilating on the fact that whatever their motives and whatever their mental conditions, the
Religious groups will join in worship Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the site of the Boston Marathon barricades.