(ENI) A new umbrella organization offering support and resources for non-religionist students is to sponsor annual "Reason Weeks" at several universities in Britain with support from atheist activist Richard Dawkins.
(ENI)--A Polish historian says Pope John Paul II was the target of an assassination plot during a 1980s pilgrimage to his homeland in Poland, and that the country's communist rulers used the plot as an excuse for clamping down on opposition groups.
(ENI) The new head of the Orthodox Church in America, which is trying to shake off years of internal problems and financial scandals, says he "laughs off" any comparison made between himself and U.S. President Barack Obama as a reformer and agent of change.
(PNS) More than 100 Presbyterians involved in collegiate ministries will gather in Austin, Texas, the “live music capital of the world,” May 27-30 for the first YAM-Jam.
The Interim Ministry Consortium (IMC) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) marks its 10th anniversary this year, but the group is more focused on the future than on its past.
(ENI) Australian religious leaders have made a commitment to a unified response to the devastating bush fires that have seared across southeast Australia, particularly the state of Victoria.
GENEVA — (ENI) An international network of church-linked agencies campaigning for access to water is using the Internet to promote water justice during the period of Lent, the annual Christian season of penitence in preparation for Easter.
HONG KONG — (ENI) Hundreds of demonstrators have protested in Hong Kong against the "religious hegemony" of some local Christian groups in a recent public debate on whether to include same-sex couples under an anti-family-violence law.
LOUISVILLE — In just one hour, Presbyterians can help bring water to communities in the Dominican Republic, rally against government corruption in Cameroon, and provide support to those still struggling to rebuild on the Gulf Coast.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is accepting applications now for its 2009 Stewards Program, Aug. 19- Sept. 4 in Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with the meeting of the WCC’s Central Committee.
(ENI) The former general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, Mvume Dandala, has been nominated as the presidential candidate of a breakaway faction of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in the country's April 22 elections.
So how goes the voting on ordination standards for Presbyterian ministers, elders and deacons? An article written by Leslie Scanlon appearing in this week’s edition of The Presbyterian Outlook reported the latest vote tallies as the magazine went to print. But the tallies have changed considerably since then.
ORLANDO (ABP) — Youth from three Christian denominations spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend exploring the commonalities of their faiths through worship, education, and community-building activities.
CONROE, Texas (ABP) — A former Texas Baptist convention employee and her husband of 47 years have started a Web site (www.bwebaptist.com) urging Baptist women to speak up for their rights to be ordained as deacons and senior pastors.
The Executive Orders by President Barack Obama on January 22 — to close Guantanamo, to end harsh interrogations, and to abolish secret prisons — represent a huge step forward and are truly cause for rejoicing.
Editor’s Note: This past year the Outlook Web site, www.pres-outlook.org, was upgraded to include Facebook, blogging, sermon wiki, and the DecentlyAndInOrder DIGG site, to help us Presbyterians enhance our connectionalism with the newest Web 2.0 technologies.
Editor’s Note: This devotional is the second of seven to run in the Outlook in observance of the 2009 Lenten season. They are based on the lectionary texts for each week.
