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Norman Rockwell favorite sells for $46 million
Norman Rockwell, long America’s favorite mass-market painter, now has auction records to match his popularity....
Slaughter in East Timor
For decades, Western human rights groups sounded the alarm about East Timor. Rarely did they note the religious dimension.
Blogging Toward Christmas: New people
I returned to seminary a few years back to hear a professor teach John’s gospel as a remake of the Genesis narrative. The parallel between Genesis 1 and John 1 is obvious, but if you press forward, the connections run throughout.
Thursday digest
New today from the Century: Philip Jenkins on the conflict in East Timor, Carol Howard Merritt on the church and the body, more.
The way of all flesh
As the sun rose, I drove twenty-seven miles to my office at the little church in the Cajun swamps. Even though visitors to the office were rare, I showed up on time each day....
Harold Camping, radio host who predicted world’s end, dies at 92
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Leadership changes at Cedarville University point to conservative direction
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Respect for clergy drops, according to Gallup poll
Clergy used to rank near the top in polls where Americans were asked to rate the honesty and ethics of people in various professions....
Dress code: Case by case
The pastor seemed happy to meet Evan, and he said positive things about his work for the Calvary Center. Then he noticed Evan's yarmulke.
A response to "Dress code" Case by case: Case by case
While this is a “teachable moment,” Bill’s knock on the door will remind his minister that the words uttered at previous teachable moments in the pulpit and in the classroom have fallen on rocky soil.
Why I love to say “Happy Holidays”
It's almost Christmas. And do you know what that means? It’s time for the majority religion in our country to trot out our annual imaginary martyrdoms.
The windows Pope Francis has opened
Tis the season of Jesus, Santa and Pope Francis. It’s too early to place Francis in the pantheon of church reformers alongside Gregory VII or Adrian VI—or even next to John XXIII, who memorably announced the Second Vatican Council by saying that it was time to “open the windows and let some fresh air in.” But the early returns on the first Latin American pontiff suggest that his will be anything but a caretaker papacy.
Wednesday digest
New today from the Century: Another ministry scenario by Ellen Blue, Jon Sweeney reviews Library of America's Updike collection, more.
John Updike: The Collected Stories, edited by Christopher Carduff
To read John Updike is to remember just how upper-middle-class and masculine his fictional universe is.
Sunday, December 29, 2013: Matthew 2:13-23; Isaiah 63:7-9
When my mother visited my church for the first time, a woman greeted her during the passing of the peace....
Minnesota Archbishop John Nienstedt steps aside while `inappropriate contact’ investigated
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All nature sings
God loves the creation. In response the creation sings praise and adoration to God.