(Un)convinced
If ever I were totally convinced and totally unconvinced, it’s right here and right now: on the matter of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) speaking out regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Andrew J. Young lectures at Montreat Conference Center on faith, civil rights
Andrew J. Young, former U.S. congressman, Ambassador to the United Nations, Atlanta mayor, and top aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke March 22 at Montreat (N.C.) Conference Center on the topic, “Faith and Civil Rights.”
Supreme Court to weigh limits of Kansas church’s hate speech
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on March 8 to decide whether the father of a fallen soldier can sue protesters picketing at his son’s funeral with signs that read “Thank God for dead soldiers.”
Religious leaders, White House strategize on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (RNS) On the heels of their March 21 rally on the National Mall, immigration reform advocates, including religious leaders, met at the White House to plot strategy.
Science, religion: two windows on world, says Templeton winner
NEW YORK (ENI) A geneticist and molecular biologist, who has argued that science and religion should be kept separate, has won the Templeton Prize – an award associated with honoring those who advocate dialogue between the two disciplines.
Architect of secular Nepal, who eased life for Christians, dies
KATHMANDU (ENI) Girija Prasad Koirala, a former prime minister of Nepal and the architect of a secular republic in what was once the world’s only Hindu State, died after a protracted illness in Kathmandu on March 20.
Pre-GA: OVERTURES TO THE 219TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Ovt 048 » Presbytery of Upper Ohio Valley: Amend G-5.0101 Regarding Covenantal Membership.
Ovt 049 » Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy: Expand the Scope of the Review of Biennial Assemblies.
Colleges and seminaries: commencing the lives of leaders
What will the next generation’s leaders of church and country look like? If the presidents have anything to do with it, they will look a lot like this year’s graduating class of PC(USA)-related colleges and seminaries.
10 minutes with … Lee Hinson-Hasty
JHH: What was the impetus that generated this report?
Presbyterian-related seminary, college commencements listed
Presbyterian seminaries
Austin, May 30, 2:30 p.m.
Columbia, May 15, 10 a.m.
Dubuque, May 8, 9:30 a.m.
Pre- GA: (Un)fair or (un)balanced? Committee’s Middle East peace report criticized
Not surprisingly, responses have begun to roll in to the report of the General Assembly Study Committee on the Middle East – with some critics contending that the report is biased and predicting it will ignite anew tensions between Presbyterians and Jews.
When is enough time too much?
“We are the Church of Jesus Christ. When the powers of the world decide that they will conduct business as usual, and that business is contrary to the teachings of Christ and the will of God for humanity, then it is time for the church to end its complicity in this sinful behavior. If we do not, then we remain unrepentant.”
A tale of two documents: An overview of PC(USA) Middle East reports
In July, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will receive two documents of great relevance to Christians and Jews and to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. They are already drawing fire from both Jewish and Palestinian groups.
Do less AND more
This summer, in addition to doing less of the main thing, I suggest you do more of smaller things.
Iona and the community spirit
The year is 1948. The place, the holy island of Iona. The Rev. Dr. George MacLeod is sitting with a young man, John, who has spent time in a borstal for young offenders. Sensing that the young man is troubled, MacLeod invites him to write down any burden he has on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope, before receiving the laying on of hands.
Thai church leaders say justice needed to bring peace to crisis
(ENI) Two church leaders in Thailand say they can see no obvious way out of current political turmoil gripping the southeast Asian nation, as they offered prayers for justice and peace.
German churches condemn right-wing party wanting minaret ban
(ENI) — Protestant and Roman Catholic churches in Germany have condemned a far-right party campaigning for a ban on minarets in forthcoming elections in the country's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Hindu governor praises Christians at India Presbyterian gathering
(ENI) — The Hindu governor of India's Meghalaya state has at a mass gathering of Presbyterians hailed the role of Christian missionaries in spreading a message of "love, trust, and peace in the turbulent tribal societies" of the country's northeast.
Obama meets Billy Graham at evangelist’s home
(ENI/RNS) — U.S. President Barack Obama and ailing evangelist Billy Graham have exchanged prayers during their first meeting at Graham's home in western North Carolina.
Lauterer is third moderator candidate
Maggie Lauterer, (firstburnsville.org/our-staff.html) a journalist-turned-minister, has become the third candidate endorsed to stand as moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
“The Back-up Plan”
This is one of those cute romantic comedies that is refreshingly simple.
219th General Assembly committee leadership named
LOUISVILLE — The moderators and vice-moderators of the 18 committees for the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have been named. The leadership was chosen from among the 712 commissioners to this year's assembly, to be held July 3-10 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Scotland’s “high” suicide rate to face scrutiny at church assembly
EDINBURGH (ENI) — The (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland says that a growing problem of suicide among young people is to be discussed at the yearly general assembly of the church in May.
Erskine lawsuit injunction appealed by ARP church
DUE WEST, S.C. — The General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church has appealed the order of a Circuit Court Judge filed earlier this month that granted a preliminary injunction in the case brought against the General Synod by three members of the Board of Trustees and the Erskine Alumni Association.
Steve Hayner inaugurated as ninth president of Columbia Seminary
DECATUR, Ga. — Columbia Presbyterian Church here was filled as the Columbia Theological Seminary (CTS) community gathered April 12 to celebrate the inauguration of Stephen A. Hayner as the ninth president in the school’s 182-year history.
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