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).
"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.
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.
"The needs of the world for reconciliation with God, with one another, and with nature are too big for a divided church."
Greetings from University of the Ozarks in sunny, downtown Clarksville, Ark.
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
by Janet Soskice
Alfred B. Knopf. New York. 2009, 366 pages.
reviewed by Leslie A. Klingensmith
by David Bentley Hart
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. 272 pp., $28.00.
reviewed by Richard R. Crocker
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.
Editor's note: This is a response to the post-General Assembly Outlook article, " Assembly approves removal of fidelity, chastity; presbyteries to vote..
We all know how this movie is going to end before we walk into the theater.
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.
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.
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 it determined had abused children.
LOUISVILLE — An Independent Abuse Review Panel investigating reports of physical and sexual abuse in church boarding schools has documented 30 cases of abuse from 1950 to 1990.
LOUISVILLE, KY.—Leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) today (Oct. 8) apologized to 30 people who were physically or sexually abused between 1950 and 1990 in overseas mission situations, many of which were schools or boarding facilities.
HONG KONG (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."
The Supreme Court has lost its last Protestant member, The Hon. John Paul Stevens. At his retirement the Court also lost one..
LOUISVILLE – The General Assembly Mission Council moved briskly through its business today (Oct. 8) – leaving more time for small-group discussion on matters not up for a vote. Here is some of what the council considered.
Harold “Chappie” Chapman, the 80 year old parish associate of the College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, is being called a hero after..
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.
reviewed by Ronald P. Salfen
It’s in the first scene, when his girlfriend is breaking up with him, that we see the whole personality basis for Mark Zuckerberg.
LOUISVILLE — As a denomination losing members, money, and influence, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) can’t just keep on doing things the old familiar way. That much is clear — the resources just aren’t there.
An Independent Abuse Review Panel investigating reports of sexual abuse at Presbyterian-related boarding schools for the children of missionaries is expected to present its findings to the General Assembly Mission Council tomorrow (Oct. 8).
Office of the General Assembly Communications
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 membership of the General Assembly Commission on Middle Governing Bodies.
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