Kevin Eckstrom
Kevin Eckstrom joined the Religion News Service staff in 2000 and became editor-in-chief in 2006.
All Stories by Kevin Eckstrom
Catholic School Tells Profs to Get Separate Rooms
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 3, 2006
Officials at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota have told co-habitating professors that they’ll need separate rooms for a school-sponsored trip to Australia. A lesbian who directs the school’s choir was also told her partner could not accompany her for a trip to France. Said one professor: “If sin and vice become disqualifying factors […]
Like a Thief in the Night …
By Kevin Eckstrom — December 30, 2005
For one Philadelphia priest, Jesus’ prediction that he would return like “a thief in the night” has hit home a little too close for comfort. The Philadelphia Daily News has the story here.
$1,000 Award for Missing `NunBun’
By Kevin Eckstrom — December 27, 2005
The Grinch didn’t steal Christmas, but he may have made off with the NunBun. Friends and fans of the famous “NunBun” at Bongo Java cafe in Nashville have posted a $1,000 reward for the safe (and uneaten) return of the famed cinnamon bun that bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta. […]
Bishop Receives a Gift of `Mercy’ for Christmas
By Kevin Eckstrom — December 19, 2005
Bishops, in church-speak, are supposed to be the good shepherds who look out for the flock. But in South Dakota, it seems one of the sheep is looking out for the shepherd. Episcopal Bishop Creighton Robertson found the new kidney he desperately needed from one of his priests, the appropriately named Rev. Mercy Hobbs. The […]
Gay Priest-Pedofilia Link is `Seriously Mistaken,’ new Archbishop Says
By Kevin Eckstrom — December 19, 2005
The pope’s pick to be the next archbishop of San Francisco says people who want to link the clergy sex abuse scandal to gay priests are “seriously mistaken.” Archbishop-elect George Niederauer, who is a former seminary rector, also seems to leave the door wide open for gay men to be priests: Intermountain News
China, Christians and Communists
By Kevin Eckstrom — August 4, 2005
An interesting op-ed piece in the London Telegraph about changing demographics in China. Telegraph | Opinion | Christian v communist
In ??? We Trust
By Kevin Eckstrom — July 19, 2005
“There’s a godless organization for every wrinkle of nonbelief – the prayer-never-hurt-anyone, live-and-let-live atheists; the prove-the-God-fearing-world-wrong, keep-America-secular atheists; and the contrarian I-don’t-believe-in-God-but-don’t-call-me-an-atheist atheists.” A Time of Doubt for Atheists
In ??? We Trust
By Kevin Eckstrom — July 19, 2005
“There’s a godless organization for every wrinkle of nonbelief – the prayer-never-hurt-anyone, live-and-let-live atheists; the prove-the-God-fearing-world-wrong, keep-America-secular atheists; and the contrarian I-don’t-believe-in-God-but-don’t-call-me-an-atheist atheists.” A Time of Doubt for Atheists
Canada and Same-Sex Marriage
By Kevin Eckstrom — July 15, 2005
Ottawa Citizen – canada.com network An interesting take on how Canadian churches are chaffing under the country’s new gay marriage laws. Money quote: “The example highlights the problem churches are set to face due to the same-sex marriage law, even though a host of witnesses assured the Senate committee that the freedom of religion guarantees […]
Canada and Same-Sex Marriage
By Kevin Eckstrom — July 15, 2005
Ottawa Citizen – canada.com network An interesting take on how Canadian churches are chaffing under the country’s new gay marriage laws. Money quote: “The example highlights the problem churches are set to face due to the same-sex marriage law, even though a host of witnesses assured the Senate committee that the freedom of religion guarantees […]
Black Pastor finds support for economic initiative in Washington
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
WASHINGTON (RNS) — It was a scene Bishop Harold Calvin Ray had dreamed about for months. Like some sort of Old Testament prophecy that had finally come true, Ray was basking in the glow of the moment _ his moment. Standing to his right was House Majority Leader Dick Armey. Next to him was Rep. […]
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