To his hearers’ surprise, Jesus told a parable that said their simple practice of hospitality was no small thing. It revealed the sharp contrast between their humanity and the ruthless inhumanity of the ruling class.
5PM EDT Wednesday, August 19th, a group of faith organizations is hosting a national call in and audio webcast on health care reform and President Barack Obama has accepted the invitation to join the call. Click here to RSVP and get information about listening in.
The Rev. Kathryn Greene-McCreight, suffers from bi-polar disoder. The author of Darkness Is my Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness, spoke with HopeandHealing.org about mental health and the church.
Church Times wonders about the disparity of investment in response to diseases around the world. Last week World Malaria Day passed with barely a whisper
Bishop Linda Nicholls of the Church of Canada on a potential pandemic flu: The whole of society will be affected, including the Church, and it behooves us to reflect both pragmatically and theologically on how we will respond. Although the pragmatic response is often the easiest and quickest to deal with, it is especially important to reflect on the theological roots for our response.
Updated at 4:25 p. m. with advisory from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: the need for the introduction of widespread liturgical adaptations for the
Episcopal Relief and Development has released information on the potential swine flu pandemic. A new initiative of ER-D is Domestic Disaster Response which offers support
Updated, March 28, The Economist: The participants were not asked directly how religious they were but, rather, about how they used any religious belief they
Hospital chaplains are involved in almost everything that happens at a hospital, from birth to death and listening to patients and loved ones at times of crisis and transition. Chaplains sit on hospital committees and train nurses and medical students, but they have little voice when it comes to public conversations about religion and medicine in this country.
One study found that those who had a heart attack and no close confidante to rely on had twice the risk of further cardiac problems.