Latest Articles
Supreme Court sidesteps issue of roadside crosses
The Supreme Court says it will not reopen a case in which a lower
court ruled that highway crosses memorializing Utah state troopers are
unconstitutional....
Freedom and accountability
Every pastor needs to address the issue of freedom and accountability. It's part of the pastor's role in nurturing a church community: neither a laissez-faire atmosphere nor a judicial one helps people grow as disciples.
Speaking to mourners: The evolution of funeral sermons
In 1983, Kenneth Mitchell and Herbert Anderson wrote that "death is only one form of loss." This would have been unthinkable for Christians half a century earlier.
Why we should celebrate Reformation Sunday
It's Reformation Sunday this week in Protestant circles, which for us
Lutherans means we're into the season of questioning the benefit of the...
In Christ, God calls all to reconciliation
God was in Christ,
proclaiming and demonstrating the good news of the kingdom (or commonwealth).
This new way of life challenges us to rethink everything in our lives that
resists reconciliation.
Within the African canon
Here is my unscientific rule: if Martin Luther treated a biblical book
with disdain, then that book is really popular in
modern Africa.
St. Paul's cleric resigns, cathedral supports legal steps to remove protesters
ENInews Staff/ENS...
Penn Jillette's 10 Commandments for atheists
(RNS) In his new book, "God, No!" atheist magician Penn Jillette tells how he was challenged by conservative radio host Glenn Beck to come up with an atheist's version of The Ten Commandments....
Magicians say their craft makes them see faith as just hocus-pocus
c. 2011 Religion News Service...
Clergy, politicians find out how far food stamps go
Religious leaders and members of Congress were getting a firsthand
taste of what it's like to eat on $4.50 a day as part of the Food Stamp...
A good-natured protest drummer
The other day I left the office around lunchtime and walked over to the Occupy Chicago gathering outside the Board of Trade....
Saints, sinners, smartphones
Bishops and church-growth gurus have been closely following Nadia Bolz-Weber's church plant in Denver, the House for All Sinners and Saints....
Taking the Long View, by David C. Steinmetz
Steinmetz is a senior scholar who can distill his learning in graceful, compact essays....