Greg Garrison
Greg Garrison is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Greg Garrison
Former rector of nation’s largest Episcopal church becomes a Catholic
By Greg Garrison — November 30, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) The former rector of the nation's largest Episcopal church has become a Roman Catholic. By Greg Garrison.
Episcopal bishop says yes — and no — to gay blessings
By Greg Garrison — July 24, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Episcopal Bishop Kee Sloan of Alabama voted in favor of his church's new ritual for blessing same-sex unions - but he won't allow priests in his diocese to perform it. By Greg Garrison.
Could an Alabama shrine become the next Catholic pilgrimage site?
By Greg Garrison — July 17, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Could a Virgin Mary statue under a pine tree in the middle of a cow pasture in rural Alabama one day become an officially recognized international pilgrimage site of the Roman Catholic Church? By Greg Garrison.
Visionary from Medjugorje says Virgin Mary is aware of economic crisis
By Greg Garrison — July 3, 2012
STERRETT, Ala. (RNS) Marija Lunetti, one of six young peasants who claimed that the Virgin Mary began appearing to them in 1981 in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, says the mother of Jesus is aware of the economic crisis in Europe. By Greg Garrison. About 650.
Ala. church named nation’s fastest-growing
By Greg Garrison — December 11, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ Birmingham’s Church of the Highlands has been named the fastest-growing church in America by Outreach magazine, a publication for religious leaders that does an annual analysis of church growth. In the yearlong survey of church attendance ending in spring 2008, Highlands grew by 3,418 from the previous […]
MLK’s generation of pastors makes way for new vision
By Greg Garrison — April 2, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ They were pastors and civil rights leaders who broke the back of unjust segregation laws and set in motion the transformation of America into a more racially tolerant nation. Forty years after the violent death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, the […]
At One Temple, There’s Room to Spare for High Holy Days
By Greg Garrison — September 11, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service GADSDEN, Ala. _ On a recent Friday night at Temple Beth Israel, with no rabbi present, Fran Beresid-Andrepont stepped forward to light the Sabbath candles, reciting a prayer. “As these Shabbat candles give light to all who behold them, so may we, by our lives, give light to all who […]
Christian Craftsman Jigsaws for Jesus
By Greg Garrison — July 19, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Paul Porter likes to jigsaw for Jesus and carve Scripture with a scroll saw. Cutting tiny, intricate patterns into blocks of olive wood imported from Bethlehem, he has shaped startling icons reflecting sacred themes. Many of the pieces have been given to clergy, missionaries, the sick and shut-ins. “I […]
Chaplain Ministers to God’s Four-Legged Creatures
By Greg Garrison — July 7, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ Next to an open Bible on a table inside the Riverview Animal Clinic, pet Chaplain Marcus Allison cuddled a sick, shivering brown puppy in one arm, reading aloud a verse of Scripture. Then he stroked the dog’s fur and spoke softly. “The Lord loves you,” he said. […]
Rome Has Seven Hills; This Church Has Seven Domes
By Greg Garrison — May 19, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ People driving by Faith Chapel Christian Center might get the feeling they’re passing a futuristic alien colony now that the church has built its seventh dome, giving the 137-acre campus an otherworldly appearance. Faith Chapel started with a $15 million, 3,000-seat sanctuary under a dome in 2000. […]
T.D. Jakes Preaches U-Turns on the Road to Success
By Greg Garrison — May 18, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In his new book, TV evangelist, megachurch pastor and best-selling author Bishop T.D. Jakes advises his readers to transform themselves and move into a new stage of life. The book, “Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits,” also appears to be part of Jakes’ own strategy of remaking himself as […]
E.O. Wilson issues altar call to evangelicals on the environment
By Greg Garrison — May 5, 2007
(RNS) — Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson, perhaps the world's most famous insect expert, was baptized by immersion as a Southern Baptist long ago.
Gospels Returned to Vatican by Way of Christie’s and Alabama
By Greg Garrison — March 10, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ It wasn’t exactly “The Da Vinci Code,” but a Birmingham Catholic priest recently jetted around the world and helped deliver one of the most important documents in Christian history to the pope. “It contains the oldest copy of the Lord’s Prayer in the world,” said the Rev. […]
Shuttlesworth, Out from MLK’s Shadow, Feels Vindicated
By Greg Garrison — March 3, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ It seems as if Birmingham civil rights pioneer the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is now at peace with his legacy outside the shadow cast by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. That was illustrated recently in a joint appearance by Shuttlesworth and King’s oldest son, Martin Luther King […]
Kids Assume the Lotus Position on the Path to Nirvana
By Greg Garrison — February 17, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ On a Sunday afternoon at the Birmingham Shambhala Meditation Center in Avondale, children sitting on red cushions took turns talking about Buddha and discussed learning how to meditate. “I’m kind of crazy these days,” said Ashlin Duncan, 6, “and my mom says I should come here.” “I […]
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