Monthly Archives: September 2013
Apostleship of Prayer Appoints New Youth and Young Adult Director
By Religion News LLC — September 24, 2013
MILWAUKEE, September 2013— The Apostleship of Prayer has appointed Mr. Santiago Rodriguez, S.J., to the position of youth and young adult director. Rodriguez, 32, is a scholastic (seminarian) from the English Canada Jesuit Province. He pronounced perpetual vows in 2010. For over a year Rodriguez has been presenting the Apostleship of Prayer Hearts on Fire […]
Mormon Grace Revisited
By Jana Riess — September 24, 2013
"Insofar as wholeness can be ours at all, is it ours by working for it or is it ours by grace?" Buechner asks. "The answer, Dostoevsky suggests, is that it is both."
EchoLight Studios to Release the Next Holiday Classic, “The Christmas Candle,” in Theaters this November
By Religion News LLC — September 24, 2013
NEW YORK, September 24, 2013 – EchoLight Studios, America’s fast-growing inspirational and family film company, today announced its touching holiday motion picture, The Christmas Candle, will come to the big screen for audiences nationwide on November 22. The timeless holiday movie for the entire family represents the first wide theatrical release for former U.S. senator […]
Consultants help churches with the business of growth
By Suzanne Sataline — September 23, 2013
(RNS) To stand out in a crowded field -- and attract more members -- churches are hiring some of the estimated 3,000 consultants. But private for-profit entrepreneurs don’t always bring the salvation churches seek.
Abercrombie & Fitch to change ‘look policy,’ allow hijabs
By Omar Sacirbey — September 23, 2013
(RNS) Abercrombie & Fitch settled a three-year legal battle with two Muslim women out of court.
Quote of the Day: President Obama
By Ron Ribiat — September 23, 2013
“Our tears are not enough. Our words and our prayers are not enough. … We’re going to have to change.” — President Obama in remarks Sunday (Sept. 22) at the Marine Barracks in Washington at a memorial service for the 12 victims of the Navy Yard shooting.
Jerry Falwell’s legacy: A thriving Liberty University
By Mary Beth Marklein — September 23, 2013
(RNS) Most private non-profit colleges have remained cautious with their budgets amid lingering economic uncertainty, but Liberty University is in the midst of a $400 million, four-year spending spree. Its endowment this year topped $1 billion. And its business strategy is earning praise from financial analysts.
Transgender theology professor asked to leave Christian college
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 23, 2013
(RNS) "I tried to be the best Christian woman I could be … but I’ve never been fully myself, I’ve always been living a lie, not exactly on purpose but that was the best truth I knew at the time.”
In Kenya attack, weakened al-Shabab seeks a foothold in Kenya
By Jim Michaels — September 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The attack on a shopping mall in Kenya came shortly before a deadly attack against a church in Pakistan, but analysts warn against concluding that radical Islam is gaining strength.
Pope Francis tells the poor: ‘Don’t let yourselves be robbed of hope’
By Eric J. Lyman — September 23, 2013
ROME (RNS) it was just Francis' third trip beyond Rome as pope, but it was at least the sixth time in his six-month papacy that Francis sought out the poor and destitute.
Audio Bible Team Makes History—Again
By Religion News LLC — September 23, 2013
NIV Live Brings Together Oscar®, Emmy® and Grammy® Nominees and Winners, and Some of America’s Best-Known Pastors VAN NUYS, Calif., Sept. 23, 2013 – The creative team behind the No.1 selling audio Bible in history, Inspired By… The Bible Experience, has done it again. They have created the largest audio-Bible production to date using the world’s No. 1 English-language translation, […]
COMMENTARY: The hidden immigration impact on American churches
By Wesley Granberg-Michaelson — September 23, 2013
(RNS) While millennials are walking out the front door of U.S. congregations, immigrant Christian communities are appearing right around the corner, and sometimes knocking at the back door. And they may hold the key to vitality for American Christianity.
Pope Francis Broadens the Christian Agenda
By Martin E. Marty — September 23, 2013
Originally posted on Sightings at the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School. On Pope Francis, Stephen Pope (no relation) of Boston College spoke wisely. According to many analysts, the Pope seemed, in his interview published September 19, 2013, to chide U.S. Catholic bishops for having focused too much on cultural or […]
Weekend Attacks * Pope Tarzan? * Photography vs. God: Monday’s Religion News Roundup
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 23, 2013
Attacks at a Pakistan church and in Kenya mall left several dead. Pope Francis says he isn't Tarzan. A wedding officiant scolded photographers.
So Francis ISN’T a liberal?
By Mark Silk — September 23, 2013
The 10 ways Pope Francis is a liberal.
