Monthly Archives: March 2007
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service AP, Dallas Morning News Win Wilbur Awards (RNS) Religion writers for the Associated Press will be recognized for their work in the series, “The New Missionaries” at the 2007 Wilbur Awards, to be presented April 28 in Louisville, Ky. Other newspapers to be presented with awards include The Dallas Morning […]
Innovative Nuns Find Answer to Gluten-Free Wafers
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2007
c. 2007 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly CLYDE, Mo. _ Like other nuns across the nation and around the world, the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration spend most of their day in prayer. “Our main work is prayer,” said Sister Lynn D’Souza. “That is what we see as the mission for the church, for the world […]
Church Greeter Has Firm Grip on Thousands of Names
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service VANCOUVER, Wash. _ Some people preach. Others bear witness to their faith with music _ a song of praise or even a dance of celebration. Rich Liedtke ministers with his hands. That is, with a firm, two-handed grip that lasts long enough for him to look straight into a churchgoer’s […]
RNS Religion Calendar
By RNS Blog Editor — March 31, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here is the RNS calendar of major religious holidays, denominational meetings and other events for April and May. It will be updated monthly. March 31-April 1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: annual general conference, Salt Lake City. Contact: Dale Bills at 801-240-4377; e-mail: billsdk(at)ldschurch.org April 1 Palm […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Inmate Wins Right to Buy Mormon Religious Texts NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A Mormon inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary will be allowed to receive religious materials from certain vendors under a settlement the American Civil Liberties Union reached with state officials. Norman Sanders, who is serving a life sentence for […]
At This Church, Scum of the Earth Is Welcomed and Wanted
By RNS Blog Editor — March 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service DENVER _ The people who worship with Pastor Mike Sares at this rented space are mostly young, many of them students, some clean cut, some a little raggedy. More than a few of the 300 congregants have grappled with depression, abortion, drugs and homelessness. Some wrestle with their demons still […]
Marcus Borg Retires, Still Asking the Questions and Looking for Answers
By Nancy Haught — March 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ Oregon’s leading theologian walks his dog up and down the trendy streets of the Pearl District. His neighbors know Henry, the shaggy gray Glen of Imaal terrier, whose short legs set the pace. But few recognize Marcus J. Borg, the graying guy in the wool cap, as […]
COMMENTARY: For the Bible Tells Me So
By James Rudin — March 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “American life would be so much better if we just obeyed the Bible.” That kind of sentiment is frequently invoked to cut off any meaningful religious discussion. It’s also used to shut off debate on contemporary issues or to buttress a specific political position. But we Americans, who pride […]
Zoroastrians and Conversion
By RNS Blog Editor — March 29, 2007
Zoroastrians, Divided Over Conversion, Face a Shrinking Future RNS’ Rana Rosen looks at the future of Zoroastrianism, a faith that forbids converts, and whose numbers are dwindling, in this week’s full-text article, linked above. Quote: Now, the still-raging conversion disagreement-mostly between Zoroastrian immigrants in North America and hard-line conservatives in India who have preserved the […]
Dean Courts Evangelicals by Just `Showing Up’
By Daniel Burke — March 29, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Howard Dean hopes to make a point to students at Eastern University on Thursday (March 29) before even saying a word. “My real core message is my showing up,” Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in an interview Wednesday. Billed by Democrats as Dean’s first address […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 29, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Lawmakers Issue a `Call to Prayer for America’ WASHINGTON (RNS) For one group of congressmen, the buck doesn’t stop at the Capitol or the White House: It stops with God. The Congressional Prayer Caucus, formed in 2005 by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., on Wednesday (March 28) asked Americans to pray […]
10 Minutes With … Karen King
By Kein Eckstrom — March 29, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Gospel of Judas caused quite a splash when it was published last year: Would it explain why he betrayed Jesus? Was this the “other side” of the story people had waited for? Would Judas be vindicated? As it turns out, not quite. Now, just in time for Easter, […]
Women Figure Prominently in Easter Drama
By Adelle M. Banks — March 29, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When Rhonda Kelley reads the Easter drama in her Bible, the professor of women’s ministry feels God’s affirmation of her as a woman. “Jesus really valued women and always reached out to women,” said Kelley, who teaches at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and is co-editor of The Woman’s […]
The Empty Tomb Still Draws a Crowd
By Daniel Burke — March 29, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Resurrection of Jesus still draws a crowd, even when it’s not Easter Sunday. “I’ve been at major universities where the Resurrection topic got standing room only,” said Gary Habermas, a scholar at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. A few years ago, more than 1,500 people turned out to […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Presiding Bishop of Church of God in Christ Dead at 67 (RNS) Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson, the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, died Tuesday (March 20) of heart failure. He was 67. Patterson was in his second term as presiding bishop of the predominantly black Pentecostal […]
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