Editorials
He didn’t include you or me in his will, but his legacy has made us rich, and his vision continues to illumine our eyes years after his death — August 6, 1998 and one hundred years after his birth — May 7, 1908. Jack Haberer Editor - Monday, 5 May 2008 Read more... |
They’re off! The race is on. The kickoff is in the air. The puck is on the ice. The first pitch is thrown. Choose your favorite athletic metaphor. Easter is behind us and the 218th General Assembly looms on the horizon — awaiting us on June 20 in San Jose, Calif. The season of contesting legislation and campaigning leaders has been launched. Jack Haberer Editor - Monday, 28 April 2008 Read more... |
So how do you respond to the Jeremiah Wright episode? Most pastors would be thrilled to discover that after one's retirement from pastoral ministry millions of people watch videotaped excerpts of their sermons. Wright probably isn't thrilled. The broadcast on YouTube of excerpts from some of Wright's sermons has generated widespread denunciations. It has threatened the presidential campaign of one of his church members -- who is being publicly excoriated for associating with this minister. Many a preacher has warned many a child not to associate with people of ill repute. Few ministers have imagined themselves to be the ones... Jack Haberer - Monday, 21 April 2008 Read more... |
Baseball is often rhapsodized as a religion in America. It makes sense then that Yankee Stadium is a stomping ground for popes. The only two who have set foot on U.S. soil have celebrated Mass in the Bronx, in the most famous sports arena this side of the Colosseum. On April 20, Pope Benedict XVI was set to become the third. Pope Paul VI was there in 1965, Pope John Paul II in 1979. Benedict was expected to pack the place with at least 80,000 people. And if Benedict's stadium visit was like those of his predecessors, it will be... Jeff Diamant - Monday, 21 April 2008 Read more... |
The crisp, hot, late afternoon sunshine in Nicaragua is perfect for playing baseball. Who might want to play? We notice that the construction crews seemed to finish up the day's work with a bit more energy and gusto; several of them asked me as the work for the day wound down, "Baseball?" Just that one word, with their deep Spanish language accent, and the interrogative lilt rolling up at the end, turned a word into a question. "Si," I would readily reply, wondering what I was getting myself into. Mark Englund-Krieger - Monday, 21 April 2008 Read more... |
My friend Bill is a seminary professor. He caught my interest when I saw he was teaching a graduate course called "Baseball as Metaphor." When I asked him about it he told me it explored two incidents in baseball history -- the Chicago White Sox ("Black Sox") scandal of 1919 and the integration of baseball with the coming of Jackie Robinson in the 1950s -- and how these reflected American life and culture at the time. Donald K. McKim - Monday, 21 April 2008 Read more... |
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News & Analysis
WASHINGTON — Evangelical Christians should be defined by their theology — and not their politics — to avoid becoming “useful idiots” of a political party,... Adelle M. Banks RNS - Friday, 9 May 2008 Read more... |
RICHMOND, VA. – Just like Jesus told Lazarus to rise from the dead and come out from the tomb, and just as he commanded the... Toya Richards Hill PNS - Friday, 9 May 2008 Read more... |
RICHMOND, VA – A new “order of the day” was marked and celebrated by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) this week as Union Theological Seminary and... Toya Richards Hill PNS - Friday, 9 May 2008 Read more... |
LOUISVILLE — As rebuilding along the Mississippi Gulf Coast continues nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina, the Presbytery of Mississippi on May 2 dedicated 22... Evan Silverstein - Tuesday, 6 May 2008 Read more... |
(PNS) After four years of service with the Mission Initiative: Joining Hearts & Hands (MIJHH), David York has stepped down as director effective April 18... - Tuesday, 6 May 2008 Read more... |
(ENI)--The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, has rejected proposals for divestment measures that would have applied pressure... Chris Herlinger - Monday, 5 May 2008 Read more... |
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Reports & Resources
A chicken in church launched a pastor on an l8,000-mile journey depositing him in the middle of a snowstorm without a coat. What propelled Oyo... Marguerite Reiss Kern - Monday, 5 May 2008 Read more... |
The General Assembly meeting that happens every other year is like Groundhog Day. Attendees start to feel like Bill Murray in the movie: You “wake... Clark D. Cowden - Monday, 5 May 2008 Read more... |
For nearly forty years of pastoral ministry, I was an occupant of various thrones. Now, I am a grateful sitter on humble benches, and love... Lawton W. Posey - Monday, 5 May 2008 Read more... |
At our large urban church, we have a simple guide for recognizing visitors: look in the back 10 pews. Tom Ehrich - Monday, 5 May 2008 Read more... |
As a former director of Stony Point Center, I was very interested in — and appreciative of — your recent article on “Stony Point: Iona... Jim Palm - Monday, 28 April 2008 Read more... |
While it’s not widely known in the United States, there is an emerging Presbyterian witness in Russia. I came to know it through James Kim,... Harry J. Heintz - Monday, 28 April 2008 Read more... |
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