Ashbel S. (Tony) Green
Ashbel S. (Tony) Green is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Ashbel S. (Tony) Green
COMMENTARY: An anatomical argument for the existence of God
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — May 29, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-I found out the other day I have a pancreas. Not that I would have ever denied it; I know that the existence of […]
COMMENTARY: Lives of the saints, lifestyles of the stars
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — May 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-My friend Carolyn’s icon of Mary of Egypt is completed, and on Sunday it was leaning against the brass candlestick on the altar. It […]
COMMENTARY: The danger of using death to solve dilemmas
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — April 30, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and is a member of the board of the National Women’s Coalition for Life and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-In the aftermath of President Clinton’s veto of the partial-birth […]
COMMENTARY: People for the Ethical Treatment of Fish
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — April 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-The latest animal-rights action spreads beyond usual bounds: Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plan to disrupt a sport-fishing tournament […]
COMMENTARY: Loathing Leona, but lusting for her luxury
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — April 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices,”is active in the National Women’s Coalition for Life and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-I think I see what the problem is. We admire Mother Teresa, and we […]
COMMENTARY: Loathing Leona, but lusting for her luxury
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — April 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices,”is active in the National Women’s Coalition for Life and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-I think I see what the problem is. We admire Mother Teresa, and we […]
COMMENTARY: One man works, another man begs
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — March 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices,”is active in the National Women’s Coalition for Life and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-Six lanes go east and six go west, and they go and go; cars […]
COMMENTARY: Jumping the gun, so to speak, on TV violence
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — March 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices,”is active in the National Women’s Coalition for Life and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (RNS)-Coming soon to your home theater: ratings for TV shows. Entertainment industry executives, wary […]
COMMENTARY: This just in: The `Honey’ syndrome
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — February 21, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today and other publications.) (RNS)-One of the tasks of journalism is trend-spotting and, if possible, inflating the wisp of fad or coincidence with enough hot air […]
COMMENTARY: What’s so bad about men?
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 24, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today and other publications.) (RNS)-It’s not every day you get to see a photo of a woman folding a man up and pushing him into a […]
COMMENTARY: A new climate of soul-searching on abortion
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 10, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today and other publications.) (RNS)-Each year, the end of January marks a sober anniversary: the Supreme Court decision known as Roe vs. Wade. But the year […]
COMMENTARY: Images of beauty, nurture, fear
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (UNDATED) While visiting a Texas shrine to the Virgin Mary this weekend I noticed a form of devotion I hadn’t encountered before: Pilgrims […]
COMMENTARY: Sorry, Bob, the presidency isn’t a reward for dutiful service
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (UNDATED) Sunday night’s episode of”The Simpsons”showed a briefcase-toting Bob Dole being scooped off the steps of the Republican National Committee and beamed up […]
COMMENTARY: The grim nativity of an inconvenient infant
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) UNDATED _ The story has become familiar: Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson were high school sweethearts in a New York City suburb usually […]
COMMENTARY: Finding a place in the human community
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) UNDATED _ This season of togetherness pushes people together, and in the process they find sometimes that the fit isn’t so easy. Family […]
