Monthly Archives: July 2006
Christ Is Literally at Center of Artist’s Work
By Chris Meehan — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BERRIEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. _ Some people have referred to Seventh-day Adventist artist Nathan Greene as the Christian Norman Rockwell. While Greene is quick to say that he does not equate himself with the great painter of iconic American scenes, he does acknowledge that Rockwell has strongly influenced his work. “Norman […]
Looking for peace in the Middle East
By Tracy Gordon — July 11, 2006
Quote of the Day: Pope Benedict XVI on the Middle East conflict “Faced, on the one hand, with blind violence that provokes appalling massacres and, on the other, with the threat of a worsening of the crisis which over the last few days has become even more dramatic, what is needed is justice and a […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Graham Says Baltimore Sermon Could Be His `Last Time’ Preaching Gospel BALTIMORE _ Evangelist Billy Graham said Sunday (July 9) that his appearance before a crowd at his son’s crusade could be “the last time I’ll have an opportunity to preach the gospel to an audience like this.” At age […]
Muslim comedy; Secular Jews
By RNS Blog Editor — July 11, 2006
In Monday’s RNS report Omar Sacirbey takes a look at Muslim comedy: What tickles the funny bones of the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims? Ahmed Ahmed has some answers. “How do you know you’re a Muslim?” the Egyptian-American comedian asks, recalling one bit that worked in a recent show in Dubai. “When you drink, gamble and […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Graham Says Baltimore Sermon Could Be His `Last Time’ Preaching Gospel BALTIMORE _ Evangelist Billy Graham said Sunday (July 9) that his appearance before a crowd at his son’s crusade could be “the last time I’ll have an opportunity to preach the gospel to an audience like this.” At age […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Cultivating Compassion, One Child at a Time
By Jillian Kramer — July 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) My wife and daughter and I traveled to Ethiopia a few months ago to pick up the latest addition to our family, an infant boy whose mother died in labor and whose father isn’t around to raise him. The child’s name is Bekalu, which means “By His Word” in […]
Secular Jews Find a Home in Godless Judaism
By RNS Blog Editor — July 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BEACHWOOD, Ohio _ “Good Shabbos.” “Good Shabbos to you.” The mostly older men and women leave their contributions to the potluck dinner up front, then exchange the traditional greeting throughout the dining room at the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath. In a tradition extending back thousands of years, the Shabbat […]
Across the Muslim World, Misery Loves Comedy
By Omar Sacirbey — July 11, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) What tickles the funny bones of the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims? Ahmed Ahmed has some answers. “How do you know you’re a Muslim?” the Egyptian-American comedian asked, recalling one bit that worked in a recent show in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. “When you drink, gamble and have […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Presbyterian Church (USA) Reports Missing $100,000; Official Fired (RNS) A top treasury official of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has been fired after she admitted to embezzlement, denomination executives announced. More than $100,000 in church funds have disappeared and church officials in Louisville, Ky., said restitution and insurance should cover the […]
COMMENTARY: The Power of Prayer _ and a Statue
By Diane Randall — July 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Amid row upon row of neatly arranged religious items in the Society of St. Paul/Alba House Bookstore on Staten Island, N.Y., sit bins of modestly priced plastic St. Joseph statues in a back corner. Just right for burial in your front lawn to ensure the quick sale of your […]
Retired Catholic Bishop Reflects on Life, Church
By Jeff Diamant — July 8, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In this chapel, every head of hair is gray, white or silver, every torso draped in a white priestly robe. And on this day, like most here, every man seated inside the priests’ retirement home in Rutherford is watching the oldest among them _ age 93 _ celebrate Mass. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 7, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service New Member of Indian Committee Says He’ll Protect Religious Minorities CHENNAI, India (RNS) Michael P. Pinto, the new Christian member of India’s National Commission for Minorities, told a Catholic news agency his job is to ensure that “no atrocities are committed against anybody on the basis of any religion.” Pinto, […]
Jordan’s Sites Require Protection From Tourists
By Cecile Holmes — July 7, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Biblical history flows through the nation of Jordan, from the cave where Lot is said to have lived after his wife turned into a pillar of salt to the archaeological park where many believe John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Abraham passed this way as he traveled from Mesopotamia to […]
COMMENTARY: What Ever Happened to …?
By James Rudin — July 7, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Opening old high school yearbooks invariably produces two questions: “Did we really look like that?” and “Whatever happened to …?” The answer to the first query is always “Yes! That’s the way we were.” However, the second question often goes unanswered because we have lost touch with many classmates […]
COMMENTARY: It’s Time to Declare Our Independence Again
By Tom Ehrich — July 7, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service NEW YORK CITY _ Even in the best of times, freedom must fight for its existence. American freedom, which we celebrate this week, is no exception. The forces arrayed against freedom are formidable. From the earliest days of Colonial life, the wealthy have sought to rig the system to their […]
