Presbyterians and Politics
Today would be a good day to try your hand at a crossword puzzle, "Presbyterians and Politics."
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Amendment 10-A: Yes or No?
Former PUP Task Force colleagues Mike Loudon and Mark Achtemeier have found many areas of agreement in their consideration of issues within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
A hymn-prayer for elections
Presbyterian pastor/hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has a hymn-prayer for election times.
New breed of old-timers
The old-timers, they are a-changin’. At least they’re dismantling stereotypes of the golden years. Good for them. Good for all of us.
U.S. scholar says Israelites drank beer as well as wine
Washington, D.C. (RNS) — Ancient Israelites drank not only wine but also beer, according to a Biblical scholar at Xavier University, a Roman Catholic school in Louisiana.
Atheists score high in U.S. religion survey
New York (ENI) — U.S. atheists and agnostics are among the groups that scored highest in a recent survey of knowledge of world religions by the Washington-based Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life. U.S. Jews and Mormons also got top marks.
IHOP, the restaurant, sues IHOP, the church
Kansas City (RNS) — Usually known for serving 24/7 breakfasts, the International House of Pancakes has instead served a lawsuit to the International House of Prayer, a Missouri church, for trademark infringement.
Banks Report finds spike in U.S. poverty levels
Washington, D.C. (RNS) —The number of people in poverty in America increased to its highest recorded point last year, and the poverty rate has risen to its highest level since 1994.
Buzz builds around new, unofficial saint of the abused
Vatican City (RNS) — Mother Mary MacKillop, a 19th-century Australian nun who was canonized on Oct. 17, is being touted by some Catholics as the Patron Saint of Whistleblowers.
No segregated sidewalks, says Israeli court
Jerusalem (RNS) — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders have removed barriers separating men and women from a Jerusalem street after Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that the tall screens were illegal.
The life of retirement, Presbyterian version
Why can’t American Christians be more like Koreans? Why can’t they honor and learn from their older adult family members the way the Koreans do?
Multi-Channel Church:Six obstacles, six responses
When you consider moving to a Multichannel Church operation — going beyond Sunday morning to add off-site, online, and other weekday ministries — you can expect at least six objections.
Book in review: The Unmaking of a Part-time Christian
by Derek Maul; Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2009.
reviewed by Judith Fulp-Eickstead
Derek Maul, award-winning columnist for the Tampa Tribune, issues an invitation to anyone looking for a deeper level of commitment to Jesus Christ in a culture where “doing just enough to get by defines life for too many people and in too many contexts” (p. 17).
Film in review: “Conviction”
"Conviction” is a true story, well told, which will bring this movie a lot of attention, both at the box office and at the Oscars.
Film in review: Nowhere Boy
This explains a lot. Those of us who are “of a certain age,” that is, Baby Boomers, all witnessed the incredible musical phenomenon of The Beatles.
WCC General Secretary addresses Lausanne Congress
"The needs of the world for reconciliation with God, with one another, and with nature are too big for a divided church."
Big minds on campus
Greetings from University of the Ozarks in sunny, downtown Clarksville, Ark.
Avoiding “negative buzz”
A friend and I were having lunch at a fabled restaurant in New York's Grand Central Terminal, when the eatery’s famous owner came out of the kitchen, trailed by two acolytes, and took an adjacent table.
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
by Janet Soskice
Alfred B. Knopf. New York. 2009, 366 pages.
reviewed by Leslie A. Klingensmith
Atheist Delusions
by David Bentley Hart
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. 272 pp., $28.00.
reviewed by Richard R. Crocker
Liberian Presbyterian returns home to begin building promised school
LOUISVILLE — On Oct. 19. Isaac Monah makes his second trip home to rural Liberia since he fled the war-torn country in the mid-1980s and subsequently emigrated to the U.S. in 2002.
The Scriptures and ordination requirements
Editor's note: This is a response to the post-General Assembly Outlook article, " Assembly approves removal of fidelity, chastity; presbyteries to vote..
Film in review: “Secretariat”
We all know how this movie is going to end before we walk into the theater.
Film in review: “You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger”
Woody Allen’s signature trademark is an ensemble of articulate, cosmopolitan urban adults who make a shipwreck of their lives by allowing themselves to be controlled by whatever passing passion looks irresistible.
08.11.10 Synod Judicial Commission affirms presbytery decision in approving ordination of Scott Anderson
The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies has ruled that John Knox Presbytery did not commit irregularities when it voted in February 2010 to approve for ordination Scott Anderson, a gay man in a long-term committed relationship.