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Country Music Star Collin Raye Releases Powerful Memoir
By Religion News LLC — April 1, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2014 – Collin Raye is one of America’s best-loved country music singers, with 24 Top Ten Singles, including 16 No. 1 hits and a total of five straight platinum and two gold albums, a record for the Epic label. But perhaps most noteworthy is Raye’s remarkable personal story outside of country […]
Share Your Prayer campaign urges video and faith-driven response to child abuse and neglect
By Religion News LLC — April 1, 2014
Each year, more than 680,000 children are abused or neglected, and as many as 1,500 die as a result. In an effort to protect these vulnerable children, Shepherding the Next Generation, a network of more than 300 evangelical pastors and faith leaders, is encouraging people nationwide to share their prayers for these children through online videos […]
New Book Examines Core Values in a Time of Crisis
By Religion News LLC — April 1, 2014
“In When Your Life Is On Fire Erik Kolbell listens, provokes, and most of all, shares with us the enduring lessons and insights of life and faith as realized by a diverse population of thoughtful people. It’s a town hall of the soul.” —Tom Brokaw As anxiety and insecurity builds over tragedies like Malaysian Airlines […]
New Book by Award-winning Religion News Service Columnist Jonathan Merritt Challenges the Legalistic God Many Worship
By Religion News LLC — April 1, 2014
Though Jonathan Merritt has been a Christian for two decades, he came close to losing his faith in a spiritual drought that overwhelmed him with emptiness. An award-winning columnist for Religion News Service and a prolific commentator on faith and culture, Merritt believes there are many people struggling as he was—he calls it an “emptiness […]
Servant Leadership School to Hold Second Co-Creation Conference in 2014
By Religion News LLC — March 31, 2014
GREENSBORO, NC, March 31st —The Servant Leadership School of Greensboro in conjunction with Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is hosting its second national Co-Creation Conference www.servleader.org May 1–3, 2014 in Greensboro. Co-Creation 2014 keynote speakers are Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, author of “The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three” “The Wisdom Jesus,” “Centering Prayer and Inner […]
Survivors Petition Governor & General Assembly
By Religion News LLC — March 28, 2014
Schererville, Indiana — Sexual assault survivors and supporters have collected almost 1,700 petition signatures in less than three weeks to eliminate the statute of limitations (SOL) on sexual assault in Indiana. They have added the members of the State Senate and House to receive their petition, along with Governor Mike Pence. The Governor’s Director of […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – March 28
By Religion News LLC — March 26, 2014
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visitwww.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1730 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on March 28 (check local listings). Bi-Vocational Pastors – To care for their families, and also lead their congregations, more and more ministers are working two jobs. Saul Gonzalez reports from Tennessee on pastors concerned that their secular […]
Jews from Arab Countries Respond to “Zionism Unsettled”
By Religion News LLC — March 26, 2014
With the recent publication of their congregational study guide “Zionism Unsettled”, the Israel-Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has ignited the response of Jewish refugees from Arab nations. Known as Mizrahi Jews (Hebrew for ‘Eastern’), many of these communities endured violence and discrimination in their countries of origin, solely based on their Jewish religion. But […]
JESUS: A Pilgrimage by James Martin, S.J. Debuts at #9 on New York Times Bestseller List
By Religion News LLC — March 26, 2014
JESUS: A Pilgrimage, the new book by James Martin, S.J., debuts at #9 on the New York Times Bestseller List in the Hardcover Nonfiction category on Sunday, March 30—just two and a half weeks after its release. The book also hit the Publishers Weekly nonfiction bestseller list this week at #20. In JESUS: A Pilgrimage […]
Lent at Ephesus occupies No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Classical Traditional Music Chart for fifth consecutive week
By Religion News LLC — March 20, 2014
ATLANTA, March 20, 2014 – The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles’ success on Billboard magazine’s charts shows no signs of slowing down; their latest album, LENT AT EPHESUS, is No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Traditional Music Chart for the fifth consecutive week and is No. 2 on the Classical Overall Chart, No. 7 on […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – March 21
By Religion News LLC — March 20, 2014
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1729 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on March 21 (check local listings). The Contraception Mandate – On Tuesday, The Supreme Court hears arguments in the deeply divisive “Hobby Lobby” case. The religious owners of the craft chain, […]
National Religious Leaders Affirm Access to Birth Control in Advance of SCOTUS Hearing
By Religion News LLC — March 18, 2014
March 18, 2014—Today, 45 nationally recognized religious leaders released a joint statement supporting universal access to contraception, and affirming that equal access to contraceptives through insurance coverage is a moral good. The statement comes one week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears two cases by private companies to deny women birth control coverage in their […]
Dr. Stephen J. Nichols Named the New President of Reformation Bible College and Chief Academic Officer of Ligonier Ministries
By Religion News LLC — March 18, 2014
ORLANDO, FLA. (March 18, 2014) – Dr. R.C. Sproul, Ligonier Ministries, and the Board of Directors of Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephen J. Nichols as the second president of Reformation Bible College (RBC) and the chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries. Dr. R.C. Sproul, […]
Ohio Clergy Challenge Voter Suppression With ‘Moral Declaration’
By Religion News LLC — March 14, 2014
CLEVELAND, OH. A coalition of ministers, rabbis and priests across the Buckeye state have gone public in their criticism of recent laws and decisions altering voting procedures in elections and are calling on the religious community to take up the cause of voting rights. The Ohio Faith Leaders’ Moral Declaration on Voting Rights, which recognizes […]
Joel Rosenberg’s The Auschwitz Escape Releases Tuesday
By Religion News LLC — March 13, 2014
“Rosenberg’s most deeply moving work to date.” – Publishers Weekly Carol Stream, Ill. — Next Tuesday’s highly anticipated release of The Auschwitz Escape (ISBN 978-1-4143-3624-4, HC, $26.99) by New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg (@JoelCRosenberg) could not come at a more appropriate time. With former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton just last […]
