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.
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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.
08.11.10 Six persons named by Abuse Review Panel in physical, sexual abuse investigation
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.
08.10.10 Thirty cases of abuse, mostly directed at children of Presbyterian missionaries (1950-90), documented by Abuse Review Panel
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.
08.10.10 Presbyterian News Service: Panel completes investigation of abuse claims; pursues truth, healing and justice
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 Christian leaders urge release of Nobel laureate Liu
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."
Supreme Court loses last Protestant member
The Supreme Court has lost its last Protestant member, The Hon. John Paul Stevens. At his retirement the Court also lost one..
08.10.10 MRTI, Ghost Ranch among GAMC discussion topics
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.
Pastor Helps Shooting Victim, Stands Up to Gunmen
Harold “Chappie” Chapman, the 80 year old parish associate of the College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, is being called a hero after..
Congregational snapshot: Presbyterian churches, members respond to survey
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.
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