Monthly Archives: October 2005
COMMENTARY: Bush Should Withdraw His Evangelical Nominee
By RNS Blog Editor — October 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It is highly unlikely that Harriet Miers will be confirmed to the Supreme Court. So it would be best for all concerned for President Bush to withdraw her nomination and try again with someone better qualified. Otherwise, Miers is likely to face a scalding public humiliation during her confirmation […]
God quotes on coffee cups?
By Tracy Gordon — October 24, 2005
Quote of the Day: Author and Pastor Rick Warren “You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. … Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny.” -Pastor […]
In Time for Halloween, Pastor Tells `True’ Ghost Stories
By RNS Blog Editor — October 22, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service RIEGELSVILLE, Penn. _ The Rev. Jeffrey A. Wargo says footsteps awaken him as he sleeps in the parsonage at St. John United Church of Christ. Voices call his name. And the clocks on the first floor stop at exactly 3 a.m. each morning. In this sleepy village, the pastor has […]
Openly Gay Priest Says Catholic Church Ready to Accept Gay Clergy
By RNS Blog Editor — October 22, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service UTICA, N.Y. _ It wasn’t until two years after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest that the Rev. Fred Daley acknowledged he might be gay. “I was coming down the stairs for morning Mass, and I felt this real deep ache and pain in the pit of my stomach,” […]
COMMENTARY: In Selling Miers, Rove Commits a Mortal Spin
By RNS Blog Editor — October 22, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Everyone has his own conception of hell. I experienced mine recently. Some old high school friends were in town. We met at a hotel bar, and it was karaoke night. The loud, dreadful singing was punctuated by bursts of even louder, more dreadful disco music. I ran to the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 22, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Groups Blast Voter Registration Provision in Housing Bill WASHINGTON (RNS) A provision to deny affordable housing funds to churches and nonprofit groups that have engaged in voter registration efforts is coming under fire from Democratic members of Congress and religious groups. A Republican-backed amendment to the Federal Housing Finance Reform […]
A gay Catholic priest; and a pastor who collects ghost stories
By RNS Blog Editor — October 22, 2005
Friday’s RNS report starts with a story about an openly gay Catholic priest considering the anticipated Vatican document on gays in the church. Renee K. Gadoua writes: It wasn’t until two years after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest that the Rev. Fred Daley of Utica, N.Y., acknowledged he might be gay. … A […]
To split or not to split?
By Tracy Gordon — October 21, 2005
Quote of the Day: The Rev. David Carrico of West Virginia “I see (the vote) as a message that the homosexual issue deserves careful and continued consideration. It is a deep concern for our denomination.” -The Rev. David Carrico, executive minister of the West Virginia Baptist Convention, commenting about a 391-325 vote at his group’s […]
Overcoming Suspicion, Islamic Charities Mobilize for Earthquake Victims
By RNS Blog Editor — October 21, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When Qurat Mir, a Kansas City, Mo., teacher and observant Muslim, wanted to help victims of hurricane Katrina, she says, she donated money to the American Red Cross “because it was one of the first organizations working on the ground.” But when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Kashmir region […]
In Bid to Return to Pulpit, Lesbian Pastor Cites Supreme Court Sodomy Ruling
By Kein Eckstrom — October 21, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A United Methodist pastor is hoping a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned sodomy laws will help her return to the pulpit after a lesbian relationship caused her to be expelled from the clergy. The Rev. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud will get her final appeal next week (Oct. 27) […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 21, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Church Groups Declare Victory in Preserving Food Stamp Funding WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious groups are claiming victory in the fight to preserve funding for food stamps after a key Senate panel voted to keep $574 million for the program. The Senate Agriculture Committee rejected proposed cuts that Bread for the World, […]
RELIGION BEST-SELLERS
By RNS Blog Editor — October 21, 2005
(Editor’s note: This October list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of September. Copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.) HARDCOVER 1. Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen. (Warner Faith, $19.95) 2. The Purpose-Driven Life, by Rick Warren. […]
Lesbian UM pastor appeals; Islamic charities help quake victims
By RNS Blog Editor — October 21, 2005
In Thursday’s RNS report Kevin Eckstrom writes about the Rev. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud, a United Methodist pastor who was ousted because she is in a lesbian relationship, and who is now fighting back with a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned sodomy laws. Stroud will face the church’s highest court at a hearing […]
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson on black leaders
By Tracy Gordon — October 20, 2005
Quote of the Day: The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson of Brotherhood Organization of New Destiny “Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan, the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus, most of the black preachers who are not called by God, but by their mama, represent evil. And so those people who are on the side of good have […]
No Concrete Changes Expected From Bishop’s Synod
By RNS Blog Editor — October 20, 2005
No Major Changes Expected on Communion, Politicians RNS’s article of the week (linked above), by Vatican correspondent Stacy Miechtry, analyzes the expected recommendations from the synod of bishops advising Pope Benedict XVI. Quote: “Ultimately, the majority view will be presented” to the pope, Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana told reporters on Tuesday. But, he added […]
