Bob Abernethy
Bob Abernethy is an author at Religion News Service.
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Facing death head on, pastor learns acceptance
By Bob Abernethy — October 11, 2008
c. 2008 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly NEW YORK _ Forrest Church is pastor of one of this city’s prominent churches, with two dozen books to his name, an adoring congregation built over 30 years, and a devoted wife and four children. He also has terminal cancer of the lungs and liver. He guesses he has […]
Biologist E.O. Wilson Issues Plea for Creation
By Bob Abernethy — December 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (UNDATED) Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist E.O. Wilson fears for the creation _ for many of the 10 million or more species of plants and animals he says are in mortal peril. Wilson, a biologist who recently retired from Harvard University, has written a new book, “The Creation,” that is a […]
World-Renowned Preacher, Seeking Meaning, Leaves Her Church
By Bob Abernethy — August 1, 2006
c. 2006 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (UNDATED) Barbara Brown Taylor has been an Episcopal priest, a teacher, columnist, author and _ according to Baylor University _ one of the best preachers in the English-speaking world. Her new book, “Leaving Church” (HarperSanFrancisco), describes her experience of burning out as the priest of a parish she had […]
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