Protestant
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 […]
Now Falwell says he’s not a Southern Baptist
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service UNDATED _ After proclaiming a week ago his solidarity with the Southern Baptist Convention and making a $1,000 contribution to a new Southern Baptist group in Virginia, Jerry Falwell now says he does not consider himself a Southern Baptist. At a Wednesday (Oct. 30) night service, Falwell told members of […]
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.” […]
TOP STORY: AFTER THE FALL: On the road from sin to redemption, Bakker discovers a new reality
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A decade ago, when the PTL television ministry was at its peak, Jim Bakker was so busy raising money he hardly had time to read the Bible. Now, after five years in prison and two years of introspection on a rented North Carolina farm, he considers the holy book, […]
COMMENTARY: Seeking inspiration in silence and solitude
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 _ Finally the rain stops. It was Southern California’s first serious rain in eight months, so one can hardly begrudge it. But I am glad for a […]
NEWS STORY: As cardinal nears death, evangelicals and NCC seek common ground
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the historic moment when evangelical leader Don Argue addressed the National Council of Churches General Assembly in Chicago Wednesday (Nov. 13), the first words out of his mouth were a prayer for a dying Catholic archbishop. The appearance of Argue, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, marked […]
COMMENTARY: Preying on human failures to make a political point
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 _ My first reaction after hearing of Penthouse magazine’s expose of sex at the altar was”Damn, here we go again.” First, we will demolish the alleged perpetrators. […]
NEWS STORY: PROMISE KEEPERS: Promise Keepers reach out beyond the stadium
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Promise Keepers, the evangelical organization that has filled stadiums this year with more than 1 million men seeking spiritual renewal, has long said its aim is to send men back to their churches, fired up for God. But with local men’s ministries often stagnant or nonexistent, Promise Keepers wanted […]
COMMENTARY: Advice from the `real world’ for a bishop-to-be
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) A friend is a candidate for bishop in the Episcopal Church. He asked for my thoughts. Because I care for him, I told him the truth, […]
Religious leaders join forces to fight cyberporn
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ In a sign of growing concern about the intersection of pornography and new technologies, a broad cross-section of religious leaders has called on faith communities and society at large to combat the spread of material they consider obscene and dangerous.”We stand unapologetically opposed to pornography, not out of […]
COMMENTARY: Loathing the poor’s less about morals than money
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)”The welfare system,”I heard a politician say,”is a disgrace to our Judeo-Christian principles.” Interesting thought. Not exactly true, but interesting. I think he means this: A welfare […]
MUSIC FEATURE: HITLER’S GHOST STALKS THE CONCERT HALL: In New York, concert of symphony belove
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In Berlin these days, the wall is blasted to rubble. But among the fine arts, the ashes of World War II still smolder with unnerving heat. A new biography of soprano Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, published this fall, ignited a firestorm with its mention of her membership in the Nazi Party. […]
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 […]
COMMENTARY: A great fast is the harbinger of a great feast
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1995
c. 1995 Religion News Service (Editors’note: Western churches observed Easter on April 12; Orthodox churches observe Easter April 19. This column is intended for use April 14 or thereafter. Frederica Mathewes Green lives and writes in Baltimore, Md.) UNDATED _ Sure, it’s all very well for you. You’ve already had Easter. You’re taking that leisurely […]
COMMENTARY: Of pots and pans, shoe polish, and death.
By James Rudin — January 1, 1995
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ Imagine that your country is suffering under harsh military occupation. The authorities have just ordered you and your family, including children, to report to the local train station tomorrow morning. If you resist in any […]
