by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook and Fredrica Harris Thompsett
The Alban Institute, 2010. Pb., 193 pages. $18.00
reviewed by MARY HARRIS TODD
Picture this: a small Episcopal congregation of seven members goes to visit its bishop to request closure, and the bishop replies, “No! You still have a mission in your community!”
SACRAMENTO, CALIF
A federal judge has delayed proceedings in a lawsuit over tax breaks on pastors’ housing allowances until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in another case that targets tax benefits for religious institutions.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY (PNS) Gradye Parsons, General Assembly stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), unsuccessfully urged Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to drop his effort to balance the state budget in part by sharply limiting state workers’ collective bargaining rights.
A minister’s televised call to Christ inspired the last steps of Ron Lee’s long journey from the pop music industry in his native Hawaii to the pastorate of a small Presbyterian church in North Carolina.
(PNS) Anne Hallum, an elder at First Presbyterian Church in DeLand, Fla., and a political science professor at Stetson University, has been named one of Cable News Network’s “CNN Heroes.”
(PNS) The Rev. Peter Gomes, the longtime minister of Harvard University’s Memorial Church who was hailed as one of the nation’s top preachers, died Feb. 28 at age 68 from complications of a stroke he suffered in December.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Presbyterian News Service) The Rev. Gregory A. Love, associate professor of systematic theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary, has been named winner of the 2011 Angell Award by the Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG).
“In A Better World” (“Haevnen”) is a Danish film about two families that intersect
dramatically through their children, a situation that a lot of people can relate to.
This movie feels more like a video game. All the characters are caricatures, the
action defies all laws of gravity and physics.
“In A Better World” (“Haevnen”) is a Danish film about two families that intersect dramatically through their children, a situation that a lot of people can relate to. It’s also about peace-loving people trying to deal with the violence all around them, which almost everyone can identify with.
Ever wonder how the Lincoln assassination really happened? “The Conspirator”
won’t answer all your questions. But you’ll feel like you know as much as anyone
else involved, and even better, you’ll feel like you were there.
When one considers the current political climate, whether within the United States or around the world, “forgiveness” might not be the first word that comes to mind. But forgiveness, said the Rev. Donald Shriver Jr., an ethicist and former president of Union Theological Seminary, is exactly what’s needed.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (General Assembly Mission Council) Each of the five new church developments that won 2011 Sam and Helen R. Walton Awards will receive an additional $10,000 to engage in diverse ministry of Presbyterian mission in their local communities.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky judge has dismissed a California man’s lawsuit against the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), saying the man had waited too long to file a court claim that he suffered sexual abuse at a Presbyterian-run boarding school in Africa.
When “127 Hours” came out, people immediately said, “Oh, that’s the one about the hiker guy who had to saw off his hand.”
Have you ever wondered whatever happened to those old-style Hollywood films?
There have been a lot of movies lately about teenagers with extraordinary powers, most of them imaginary, legendary, magical or extraterrestrial.
You don’t expect “Arthur” to work very well, because it’s a remake, and the original won two Oscars (very rare for a comedy), and who can replace Dudley Moore’s lovable insouciance or Liza Minnelli’s electric vivacity?
“Bridesmaids” is a genre so rare it is practically in a category by itself: female buddy-movie raunch comedy. Those who are aficionados of television’s “Saturday Night Live” will recognize veteran comediennes Kristin Wiig and Maya Rudolph.
If the words of Jesus trump all other voices, then when the words of Jesus don’t fit our preferred picture of him,..
Webinar- Jana Childers - Preaching to Rattle Tea Cups and Wake the Dead
Group will help PC(USA) determine next steps in its peacemaking witness
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The Compassion, Peace and Justice Ministry area (CPJ) and the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) have announced the selection of the Peace Discernment Steering Team.
LOUISVILLE (OGA) — This month’s column by the Moderator is a video podcast available at www.youtube.com/gradyeparsons. Below is the transcript.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (General Assembly Mission Council) Five new church
developments have been named winners of the 2011 Sam and Helen R. Walton
Awards. Each recipient church ministry will receive $40,000.
PHOENIX
Sometimes change can be messy and chaotic, and the Big Tent Christianity Conference in Phoenix Feb. 10-11 was a bit of both.
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