Film in review – Drinking Buddies
How to remark about a movie that is generally unremarkable? They tried to make this one of those indie movies that..
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Film in review – Closed Circuit
The recent revelations about government snooping in the communications of private citizens serve as a timely trigger for a movie like “Closed..
Pope Francis’ peace appeal for Syria marks Vatican’s return to global stage
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Thursday (Sept. 5) told world leaders gathered in Russia for the G-20 summit that a military..
A precious gift of peace: Church leaders offer a renewed call to prayer and action for the people of Syria
LOUISVILLE – As violence continues in Syria and the reported use of chemical weapons on civilians causes us much anguish, we call on our..
Book review – Building a Community of Interpreters: Readers and Hearers as Interpreters
Building a Community of Interpreters: Readers and Hearers as Interpreters by Walter R. Dickhaut Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore. 146 pages ..
ANALYSIS: Persecuted Coptic Christians still hopeful
CAIRO (RNS) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams took Britain’s Christian community to task last month when he said that Western Christians..
NAE’s Leith Anderson: Evangelicals oppose strike against Syria
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) represents tens of millions of Americans from 45,000 churches and more than 40 denominations, universities, and institutions...
Palestinian Christians under attack: ‘Price tag’ movement continues with apparent impunity (updated)
PITTSBURGH - Palestinian Christians are under attack in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Israeli settlers have been vandalizing Palestinian churches, monasteries, cemeteries,..
WCRC Member Churches called to prayer for Syria
GENEVA – The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) General secretary, Setri Nyomi, calls all member churches to prayer for the devastating..
A call to action
LOUISVILLE - The Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is urging people to personally engage..
PC(USA) church partners support call for no military action in Syria
LOUISVILLE – The General Secretary of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon, a longtime church partner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),..
September 2013 – Church communities are stronger through conversation, diversity and respect
Thomas Edison said “The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.” This sure sounds like Paul to..
“Penultimacy”
LOUISVILLE – “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed..
Film in review – Blue Jasmine
Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) has had a precipitous fall from grace. She once was high society New York City, with an enormously successful..
Religious diversity is increasing at the office, and so are pitfalls
(RNS) The American workplace, like the rest of U.S. society, is becoming more religiously diverse and that is raising concerns about employer..
‘The church has to do something’: A word from the PCUSA’s partner church in Syria and Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (PNS) – In May 2013 a Moderatorial Delegation from the PC(USA) traveled to Lebanon in solidarity with our partner church,..
Link: 25 NGOs: Military Strikes Not the Answer in Syria
FCNL and 24 other organizations wrote to President Obama to express grave concerns with the Administration's reported plans to intervene militarily in..
Korean Presbyterians gather for spiritual, family retreat: Atlantic Korean-American Presbytery, Korean churches in Synod of Mid-Atlantic hold joint meeting
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – From July 1-4, about 550 Korean Presbyterians from 25 churches gathered for spiritual revival and a family retreat..
Stated Clerk issues statement in the wake of the escalating violence in Syria
LOUISVILLE - The Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) issued a statement today (August 30)..
Book review – C.S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
C.S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet by Alister McGrath Tyndale House Publications, Inc., Carol Stream, Ill. 448 pages..
Book reviews – Why Christian? and Letters to a Young Calvinist
Why Christian? For Those on the Edge of Faith by Douglas John Hall Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 196 pages Letters to..
A revolutionary response in a revolutionary time: A U.S. Presbyterian living in Cairo shares a perspective on recent developments in Egypt
CAIRO – They were laughing. They were planning their future ministries ahead. These Presbyterian pastors were slapping hands in their famous..
Discerning the ‘spirits’?
One of the more difficult gifts of the Spirit to understand is found in 1 Corinthians 12:10, where Paul mentions “discernment of..
Indian churches reflect on the WCC assembly theme: 10th global gathering meets in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30-Nov. 8
BANGALORE – While reflecting on the theme of the World Council of Churches (WCC) upcoming assembly in Busan, Indian churches stressed the importance of celebrating..
Love is a verb: For Such a Time as This commissions nine new pastoral residents
LOUISVILLE – The word “love” is thrown around a lot as a term of affection for everything from shoes to music, but real..
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