GENEVA/ROME (ENInews) — The head of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, says a statement by Pope Benedict XVI that the use of condoms is justified when intended to reduce "the risk of HIV infection" will make it easier for international organizations to cooperate with faith-based organizations in the fight against HIV and Aids.
I am a Christmas music nut. When the season rolls around, I overdose on the stuff on my car stereo and boom..
BOP continues to adjust new U.S. health care plan
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Board of Pensions continues to adjust the Medical Plan covering church employees in response to passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by the U.S. Congress in March 2010.
Our pastor counsels me to continue our debate about ordination requirements "in a rich, fruitful and scholarly way, which helps us understand what God is calling us to be and to do now and in the future."
Recently our son has been looking for a church home.
reviewed by Ronald P. Salfen
“Megamind” is one of those superhero films designed for children that give the adults something to think about, as well.
I can’t remember when I was rooting for the bad guys this unabashedly.
Here, in the long-awaited semi-finale to the enormously successful series of novels made into movies, our trusty trio of neophyte magicians, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) have graduated from Hogwarts School just in time for a resurgence in power of the evil Voldemort.
You would think that in this technological era, we wouldn’t have a mechanical disaster like a runaway train. But we did. And it wasn’t that long ago, in southern Pennsylvania.
“For Colored Girls” is Tyler Perry’s adaptation of the play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enough.” Like good theater, it’s more about the character development, and the personality interplay, and this strong ensemble cast leaves some really strong impressions:
"Tamara Drewe” is one of those British relational comedies, where everyone is witty and clever, and seems to be doing the “Aw, shucks” routine with hands in pockets and shoes scratching the dirt and tongue planted firmly in cheek. You almost expect Hugh Grant to come shuffling onscreen with that ironic, crooked grin, shrugging and scuffling.
RS: When you’re behind the camera, how do you decide when a “take” is right, and when do you order a re-take?
SF: It’s a matter of the tone, (cupping his hand to his ear) I have to “hear” it.
There are any number of passionately debated controversies animating the church these days — sexuality, Christology, the Middle East — but none may raise the heat in local congregations as much as the venerable debate about exactly when the congregation starts to sing its beloved carols.
Three to five inches,
that’s what they’re saying,
overnight into the morning hours.
And tail-lights glow as streets and parking lots,
“… where war is a staple of life …” with one eye and a nod to Isaiah 2:1-5
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:6-7, NRSV.
Editor’s Note: Providing editorial commentary in this 2010 Fall Book issue is Roy W. Howard, pastor of St. Mark Church in Rockville, Md., and Outlook book editor.
LOUISVILLE — The largest survey of worshippers ever conducted in the United States shows that “there is more gray hair in Presbyterian pews today” than in 2001 – Presbyterian worshippers are on average 17 years older than adults in general in the country – and that Presbyterian congregations are getting smaller and experiencing more financial stress than they were nine years ago.
LOUISVILLE The General Assembly Mission Council has approved revised mission budgets for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for 2011 and 2012.
Harold Chapman, 80, pastor of College Hill Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, is being called a hero after he helped a young shooting victim Oct. 4, by fending off his attackers.
(ENI) Hong Kong Christian leaders have urged the government in Beijing to release 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Liu Xiaobo, who was honored for his “long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.”
LOUISVILLE — David Crittenden, of Indianapolis, Ind., has been chosen to lead a new stewardship ministry for the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC). He will begin service on January 3, 2011.
LONDON (RNS) — Druidry, the pagan worship that has been practiced on these shores for thousands of years, on Oct. 1 gained recognition by the British government as an official religion after a four-year legal battle.
LOUISVILLE — Cynthia Bolbach, moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), have announced the names of the 21 members of the General Assembly Commission on Middle Governing Bodies.
An Independent Abuse Review Panel investigating sexual and physical abuse involving the children of Presbyterian missionaries serving in Africa and Asia has publicly named six people that it determined had abused children.
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