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"I deserve a happy ending"
Occasionally, a word or a phrase
encountered in everyday discourse will jump out and lodge itself in my...
Armed and dangerous
Jay Rubenstein offers a lively and well-researched history of the First Crusade. He has a gift for making thousand-year-old history both exciting and relevant.
'Blue Like Jazz' films aims to be Christian, not 'cheesy'
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) Do not confuse the upcoming film "Blue Like Jazz" with Christian market movies like "Fireproof" or "Courageous."...
Film traces real-life story of abortion 'survivor'
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) A new movie confronts a controversial topic by highlighting two words that don't typically go together: "abortion" and "survivor."...
Prayer is God's work: Ruth Burrows, Carmelite sister
“There is the danger of protecting ourselves from God by striving to be passive. The ‘I’ is very active in its attempt to surrender.”
Stubborn alleluias
A few days before Lent, I sat my son down for a serious conversation over crackers.
“So buddy, Lent starts on Wednesday. Lent is a time when we get ready
for Easter. And during Lent we don’t sing Alleluia. So we’re not going
to sing Alleluia for a while.”
His sea-blue eyes sparkled up at mine. His milk-smeared mouth turned
up at the corners, and he cocked his head full of curls to one side.
“Should we sing Alleluia?” he cooed.
A raceless God-man?
Brian Bantum, a theologian at Seattle Pacific, was mentioned in the Century's recent article on the new black theology. Readers intrigued by that topic will be interested in Bantum's comments on a book on racial reconciliation written by a white Minneapolis preacher, John Piper.
Thursday digest
New today from the Century: Amy Frykholm interviews Ruth Burrows, Laura Kelly Fanucci on Lent's stubborn alleluias, more.
The Woman in Black
The Gothic The Woman in Black, based on a Susan Hill novel and set in turn-of-the-century England, is so terrifying that it feels like a classic of its type.
Catholics eye Cleveland closures for national precedent
c. 2012 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND (RNS) Before a recent prayer service in a shuttered Catholic...
Nonbelievers to rally for unbelief in Washington
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) Thousands of atheists and nonbelievers will gather this Saturday
(March 24) on the National Mall in Washington for the "Reason Rally," a...
Son says sibling rivalry fueled cathedral troubles
As the Crystal Cathedral tries to find its footing without any
members of founder Robert H. Schuller's family at the helm, the only son...
Turkey put on 'worst' list for religious freedom
Turkey, a key U.S. and NATO ally, stands as a new and controversial
addition to an annual list of the worst offenders of religious freedom...
A political food truck
Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz is opening a
food-truck this week, a date set to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the
beginning of the Iraq War.
Through his project Enemy Kitchen, Rakowitz has been using
Iraqi food and culture to break down cultural barriers for several years. He is
launching the food truck as part of the Smart Museum of Art's new exhibit
called "Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art."