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Malawi bishops endorse circumcision for HIV/AIDS prevention
February 1 (ENInews)--Roman Catholic bishops in Malawi have endorsed a government move to allow men to get circumcised in hospitals as a prevention measure aimed at HIV/AIDS. ...
Battle scars: Veterans turn to clergy for counseling
Mike is a veteran who attended college on the new GI Bill. When he walked into my office, I knew something was wrong.
Building bridges amid disagreement
Recently I was asked a thought-provoking question, “How can someone
who is set in their convictions build a bridge with those they disagree
with?”...
Love your neighbor as yourself
This always seemed like hard moral advice that very few of us were really able to follow. But in recent times its meaning seems clearer.
Sunday, February 12, 2012: 2 Kings 5: 1–14; Mark 1:40–45
Ever since I was a kid, I've been intrigued by gestalt pictures....
On eve of Darwin's birthday, states take steps to limit evolution
c. 2012 Religion News Service...
Overheated rhetoric in Chicago
After glancing at recent headlines and listening to rumors,
I was under the impression that the Chicago City Council had passed repressive...
Debating religion and the presidency
At last week’s Republican Presidential Debate hosted by CNN in
Jacksonville, Florida, a wonderful question was asked of the candidates:...
The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone
My great-grandfather was lynched. It was not a big affair in the town square; it happened on a dusty southern road....
Is ‘compassionate conservatism’ obsolete?
The Republican presidential candidates competing for the affections of
Florida voters have plenty of labels with which to tar each other:
Influence peddler. Failed politician. Cayman Islands account holder.
Aspiring polygamist.
Seeing the ends of the earth
When our girls were still quite young, my husband Norm and I moved our family from our fast-paced life and work in Chicago to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where Norm had accepted a teaching position. Feeling a bit like Abraham and Sarah, we made a radical change of landscape.