Government & Politics
COMMENTARY: Tidings of discomfort and joy
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C, an author and a former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.) UNDATED _ I can tell Christmas is near: _ The obituary section in my local newspaper is longer. _ Reporters are tracking retail sales. _ Fund-raising appeals fill […]
COMMENTARY: When a town chooses to profit from evil, what happens to its soul?
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and a former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.) UNDATED _ I drove my 17-year-old son to work Saturday morning. He still smelled of the previous night’s cigarettes. His smoker’s cough was constant and juicy. I live […]
COMMENTARY: A blinding insight: children today deserve a childhood, too
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1997 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com) UNDATED _ Halloween found my son William dressed as a cowboy _”Pecos Bill”_ with boots, hat, bandanna and a vivid imagination. He could hardly wait to get outside for”trick-or-treating.” […]
COMMENTARY: Kiss controversy: A glimpse of public morality at work
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest, author and former Wall Street Journal reporter living in Winston-Salem, N.C. Contact Ehrich via e-mail at journey(at)interpath.com.) (UNDATED) Lexington, N.C., is known mainly for its barbecue, as well as a flamboyant sheriff who recently painted jail cells pink. Now Lexington is gaining its 15 […]
Burundi: Roots of the conflict
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Trouble has been brewing for centuries in Burundi. But longstanding tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups that were exacerbated by European colonists in the 19th century have been manipulated by present-day political leaders to create a deadly situation. Hutus first came to what is now Burundi around […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AS A WEAPON OF WAR: In Uganda, rebels fight in name of Jesus, Allah and bad juju
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service GULU, Uganda _ Smoldering under the midday sun are the ashes of the thatch-and-mud huts that once was the village of Apec, home to over 20 families. The whole village, soldiers said, had been set afire just a few hours before.”We heard the rebels coming down the road early this […]
TOP STORY: BURUNDI – A SPECIAL REPORT: Divided and off-balance, church in Burundi an impotent peacem
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BUJUMBURA, Burundi _ In a rural parish here, a Roman Catholic priest stands in the peaceful confines of the church garden and speaks in hushed tones about what he calls”the troubles”that haunt this tiny central African nation torn by civil war.”People come to the church every day seeking shelter either […]
BURUNDI – A SPECIAL REPORT: As ranks of refugees grow, aged missionaries face the crisis of their li
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BUJUMBURA, Burundi _ During nearly a half-century as missionaries in Africa, Carl and Eleanor Johnson have dealt with many crises, but never one as dreadful as what they face now. More than 7,000 refugees are crammed inside the 20-acre mission compound _ called Camp Johnson _ on the outskirts of […]
Burned Churches: Giving and receiving
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here is a list of the major organizations that have raised money to rebuild burned churches and how the donations are being distributed: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES Cash received: $4.7 million Amount allocated in grants: $2.3 million Pledges not yet received: $1.4 million In-kind contributions: $3.4 million The National […]
TOP STORY: JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM: The real nativity: A difficult journey to a dangerous place
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1995
c. 1995 Religion News Service UNDATED _ A newly betrothed couple is forced to register for a census in a town far away. The woman is nine months pregnant. When they finally reach their destination after an arduous journey, there is no place to stay. The baby is born in a spot fit only for […]
Billitteri named RNS managing editor
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1970
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-Thomas J. Billitteri, news editor at Religion News Service since 1994, has been promoted to managing editor, RNS Editor Joan Connell announced today. In addition to directing the daily news operation at RNS, Billitteri will assume budget responsibilities and other managerial duties. “There is a quickening of interest in […]
Denominational Report
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1970
c. 1995 Religion News Service (Following is a collection of news stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports). Lutherans remain baffled by sexual issues (RNS)-Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, unable to create a consensus policy statement on contentious sexual issues, will instead draft a”message”on the topic. Such a message, said […]
COMMENTARY: The fight against crime should start with moral training
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1970
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail: 71421,1551 at compuserve.com.) (RNS)-The bad news is that the forces […]
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