Can the practice of theological friendship help deepen our life together in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? This was one of the questions considered during a one-day consultation for grant recipients in the Cultivating Communities of Theological Friendship initiative of the Office of Theology and Worship.
To mark the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel (WWPPI), Palestinian Christians will celebrate holy communion on Friday, June 1 in the orchard of the historic Cremisan monastery near Bethlehem. It is an area where Israel plans to confiscate land in order to extend its illegal separation barrier outside Jerusalem.
Sikh civil rights activists unveiled a mobile phone application recently that they say will allow travelers who believe they have been profiled by airport screeners to file complaints directly from their cell phones.
The Rev. John L. McCullough, executive director and chief executive officer of humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS), was honored May 1 by his denomination, the United Methodist Church, for outstanding global ecumenical leadership.
A United Nations official warned that young girls from indigenous communities near the Nicaragua-Honduras border are being sold — reportedly with their own families’ consent — to drug gangs for up to $2,000 each.
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” “All the deceits of the world, the flesh and the devil.” “Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.”
Shakespeare? The King James Bible? Close ― the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, the liturgical and literary masterpiece that (next to the previous two sources) has helped shape the English language and marks its 350th anniversary this year.
Evangelicals prefer Narnia, Catholics have a wanderlust for Wonderland, and mainline Protestants are split between hitching a ride to Hogwarts, Narnia or Neverland.
Those are the results from a unique poll by the television show “60 Minutes” and Vanity Fair magazine. The survey asked 1,000 Americans what fantasy land they’d most like to visit (Washington, D.C., excluded).
For the Rev. Susan Arnold and her co-pastor husband John, the seeds for a downtown community garden were planted early upon their arrival three and a half years ago.
The World Communion of Reformed Churches’ (WCRC) executive committee on May 16 endorsed priorities for 2012-2013 that will focus on theological formation, economic justice and measures to address financial concerns.
As coming out parties go, this was a big one.
As the American Atheists convention here wound down in March, a woman with short dark hair and a dark suit took the stage.
Standing under the projection of a large capital “A,” she told the crowd of several hundred that she was a pastor who, for the last several months, had been questioning her beliefs online under the pseudonym “Lynn.”
Then she took a deep breath and said, “My name is Teresa. And I am an atheist.” As the room exploded with cheers, Teresa MacBain wiped away tears.
MacBain, 44, is the latest “graduate” of The Clergy Project, an online support network for pastors who, like her, have lost their faith and found atheism.