Ethics
COMMENTARY: Is Judaism Pro-Choice?
By RNS Blog Editor — June 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Judy Gruen’s latest book is “Till We Eat Again: Confessions of a Diet Dropout,” published by Champion Press. Visit her Web site at http://www.judygruen.com.) (UNDATED) Earlier this spring, I received an e-mail from a well known Jewish women’s organization urging me to attend an abortion rights rally in Washington, D.C. […]
COMMENTARY: The Many `Thens’ in Contemporary Life
By Tom Ehrich — May 5, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) INDIANAPOLIS _ Today is the day. Like any “the day,” this cresting wave began far out to sea and only now washes over our feet. Everything of value in my […]
COMMENTARY: God’s Mercy Is Reflected in a Mother’s Love
By Asma T. Uddin — May 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Asma Mobin-Uddin is a pediatrician from Columbus, Ohio and serves as vice president of the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. This column first appeared in the Columbus Dispatch.) (UNDATED) My newborn son lies nestled against my shoulder. I hear and feel his soft, gentle breaths as he […]
NEWS FEATURE: When Doing Good Clashes: Fledgling Ministry Challenges Animal Testing
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WAYNE, N.J. _ Last weekend an estimated 500,000 people across the United States took to the streets and raised over $90 million for the March of Dimes’ WalkAmerica campaign. But for Jan Fredericks, the annual event, the largest walk for charity in the country, is offensive. At the Sunday (April […]
NEWS FEATURE: Winter’s Bleak Beauty Can Restore Spirit and Soul
By RNS Blog Editor — January 18, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News CLEVELAND _ Where does one achieve spiritual nirvana in January? Forget about going to the highest mountains in Tibet, or living a hermitlike existence amid the desert sands of North Africa. Nor will spiritual wholeness likely be achieved lounging around the beaches of Florida or Southern California sipping mai tais from […]
COMMENTARY: Commandments Not Written in Stone
By Tom Feran — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) There’s one little problem with the Ten Commandments that Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been fighting to keep in the lobby of the state judicial building in Montgomery. The commandments aren’t numbered on the 21/2-ton, jukebox-size granite monument that Moore moved secretly into the […]
COMMENTARY: Commandments Not Written in Stone
By Tom Feran — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) There’s one little problem with the Ten Commandments that Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been fighting to keep in the lobby of the state judicial building in Montgomery. The commandments aren’t numbered on the 21/2-ton, jukebox-size granite monument that Moore moved secretly into the […]
NEWS STORY: Bush Signs `Partial-birth’ Abortion Ban
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Interrupted by standing ovations and shouts of “amen,” President Bush signed the “partial-birth” abortion ban into law Wednesday (Nov. 5) while abortion rights advocates prepared an attempt to reverse the ban in the courts. “For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against children who are […]
NEWS STORY: Bush Signs `Partial-birth’ Abortion Ban
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Interrupted by standing ovations and shouts of “amen,” President Bush signed the “partial-birth” abortion ban into law Wednesday (Nov. 5) while abortion rights advocates prepared an attempt to reverse the ban in the courts. “For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against children who are […]
NEWS FEATURE: Pastor Plays Puritan Preacher for Town’s Birthday Bash
By Fred Contrada — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service NORTHAMPTON, Mass. You probably won’t catch the Rev. Peter B. Ives telling his parishioners they are “sinners in the hands of an angry God,” but that is not to say Ives lacks an appreciation for Jonathan Edwards, one of his predecessors at First Churches. Indeed, in October, Ives will play […]
NEWS STORY: Ancient Solomon Temple-Related Tablet Discovered in Jerusalem
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ A 2,800 year-old stone tablet inscribed with a passage describing the renovation of Solomon’s Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem and may be the first bit of archaeological evidence to confirm biblical descriptions of Solomon’s dynasty and the elaborate house of sacrifice and worship he is said to […]
NEWS STORY: Aid Worker Dan Simmons Has Been Going to a Lot of Funerals Lately
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Dan Simmons, director of World Vision in Israel and the Palestinian territories, has been visiting Israel, the West Bank and Gaza regularly for the last 23 years. But he says this current period is the worst he has experienced in terms of both the overall levels of violence […]
NEWS FEATURE: Hospital Chaplain Seeks to Teach Laity `How to Visit the Sick’
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Kimberly Foreman’s dark eyes lit up and a big smile spread across her face when the Rev. Ed Azzam walked into her fourth-floor room at Crestwood Medical Center one recent day. Not sure if she remembered his name, Azzam stretched out his right hand and introduced himself. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Former Addict Gives `Gift of Life’ to Rehab Director Who Saved His Life
By Kristen Campbell — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ Not long ago, Danny Budd said, he was knocking on death’s door. Today, he has given new life to the man he believes was critical to his salvation. Earlier this fall, at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, Budd donated one of his kidneys to Lonnie Miller, executive […]
NEWS FEATURE: Will Rebounding Economy Undercut a Sense of Gratitude
By William Bole — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As a frequent speaker at corporate seminars, John O’Neil spent much time with bright young executives during the dot.com boom of the 1990s. He remembers the “epidemic of hubris” that had spread around places like California’s high-tech Silicon Valley, the presumption of success without end. Few were counting their […]
