During its second broadcast, the new “God Complex” radio show, a brand-new, bicoastal Internet radio venture featuring General Assembly moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow and blogger Carol Howard Merritt, took on the question of whether small churches can continue to afford an educated clergy.
To report or to promote? That is the question the Presbyterian News Service is currently facing.
“Son, I need to talk to you.” When Dad said these seldom-welcome words to his boomer son, I knew what was coming: either correction I did not want, or advice I did not think I needed.
“What did you bring us? Mom, what’d you bring us?” That is always the chorus from my children upon my return from any overnight trip, never mind that some trips are to exotic locals such as Winnsboro, S.C.
(ABP) — Over the last 10 years I have written two books and countless articles in which I suggested and hoped that the culture war between cultural conservatives and cultural liberals would — and should — end.
by Philip L. Wickeri. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, 2007. Pb., 516 pp. $50. Published in cooperation with the American Society of Missiology.
My two favorite restaurants in New York City are Cafe con Leche, a plain Caribbean place at 96th and Amsterdam and, 10 blocks farther down Amsterdam, a tiny hamburger joint called Harriet’s Kitchen, which does mostly delivery business.
NAIROBI — (ENI) Christian and Muslims leaders in Kenya have praised U.S. President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world as motivating and conciliatory, though some Islamic scholars have urged him to back his words with action.
(ENI/RNS)--President Barack Obama urged Islamic nations to recognize the importance of religious freedom and democratic values in his Cairo speech on June 4, but he failed to take a hard line on repressive laws, according to the chairwoman of a religious freedom watchdog panel, Religion News Service reports.
San Anselmo, Calif. – Dr. Elizabeth Liebert will become the first Roman Catholic sister named as dean of a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seminary this summer when she takes over the position at San Francisco Theological Seminary.
In years past, national news magazines have published holy week cover articles announcing the death of Jesus and the death of God. This year, God and Jesus survived, but Christian America died.
“Give to the presbytery!” probably does not top the “To-Do” list for many Presbyterians.
(ENI) A group of economists and church representatives from the Caribbean says the economic crisis has provoked increased levels of crime and violence in the region and has led to the destruction of social safety nets.
(ENI-RNS) — Two prominent Hispanic Christian organizations are divided on whether Latinos should participate in the 2010 U.S. census, while U.S. Catholic bishops say it’s in everyone’s “best interest to be counted.”
Acts, by Richard I. Pervo. Hermeneia. Fortress, 2009. Hb., 838 pp. $85.
Easily gathered metrics like Sunday attendance are useful but deceptive.
Somewhere in Antarctica, two polar bear cubs take their first look at the chilling, snowy world.
“Terminator: Salvation” is a step backward in the classic series, because the logic is so inconsistent.
Will the seminaries survive? Given a dependence upon free will offerings and endowment income, seminaries all around the world are struggling to keep their doors open amid the recent economic downturn.
A memorial service was held April 25 at Immanuel Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in Hartford, Conn., for the Rev. Carl S. Dudley, a renowned innovator in connecting churches with their communities.
I have rewritten the Young Adult Ministry section on the Church Wellness Web site (www.churchwellness.com) at least five times in the past few weeks.
Toxic forms of religion are killing us — sometimes literally, sometimes spiritually. It’s time to look into our own hearts. Are we part of the problem?
(RNS) The United Methodist Church’s highest court has ruled that clergy may not officiate at same-sex unions, even in states where such marriages are legal, and gave the final approval for the George W. Bush Library to be built at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Robert Trawick, in “Reformed Use of Scripture,” The Presbyterian Outlook (April 13, 2009), makes several assertions that call for a response.
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas
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