Mike the Heathen sends this, a powerful essay from Dan Pearce at Single Dad Laughing. Pearce writes:
You see, I live in this community too. And I’ve heard the hate. I’ve heard the disgust. I’ve heard the disdain. I’ve heard the gossip. I’ve heard the distrust. I’ve heard the anger. I’ve heard [...]
Today’s guest blog comes from Kathy Dube, of Bristol. She edits the Prospect Tower, the church newsletter for Prospect United Methodist Church in Bristol, and this is from their April edition:
The February 1940 Prospect Tower had an interesting editorial column that could have as much meaning today, in this highly charged [...]
You see them on the news every night. Extremists. Hate groups. The lunatic fringe. And you cringe every time some new radical or abusive psychopath makes the papers again, because you know that strangers and even friends are going to be wary of you now. You suspect [...]
A new report from Faith Communities Today — working with Hartford Seminary’s Hartford Institute for Religion Research – says congregations that use “innovative worship and contemporary worship styles” are more likely to have reported growth in the last five years — even though that kind of change is often the source of [...]
Susannah sends this: Catholic bishops pressured Komen over Planned Parenthood, a Reuters news story from last week. I understand religious fervor (boy, do I understand religious fervor) and I understand religion guiding someone — at least a little bit — in the voting booth.
I say that with as much kindness as I can muster with Bro. Pat Robertson, whose theology runs counter to theology (here’s his most recent brand of nonsense). But recently, he made sense and it is both good and righteous to acknowledge it here (and thanks, Theresa, for [...]
Read what Michael Sean Winters has to say at National Catholic Reporter. He writes:
Santorum is entirely within his rights to argue that his worldview and the president’s are different and that those differences may, at some basic level, be rooted in different readings of the Scripture. But, I suspect most [...]
