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March 2012

March 12, 2012
At the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, centuries of Islamic doctrine have...
March 05, 2012
One thing was clear, back in the winter of 1982. No one at the famous...

February 2012

February 27, 2012
"Atheocracy" is not the kind of word that gets tossed around very often in bars....
February 20, 2012
It doesn't take a doctorate in church architecture to know why every pew in every...
February 13, 2012
Every now and then, bishops write letters for their priests to read to the faithful...
February 06, 2012
For more than a decade, Pentecostal Bishop T.D. Jakes has lived in the shadow of...

January 2012

January 30, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI cut to the chase when meeting with the visiting bishops from Washington,...
January 23, 2012
Moments after the New England Patriots smashed his Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow stood before a...
January 16, 2012
In the fall of 1979, a cluster of Episcopalians made another trip to Rome seeking...
January 03, 2012
In terms of giant headlines and spilled ink, there is no question that the lightning...

December 2011

December 26, 2011
For those who follow Christian traditions, Christmas begins when the darkness of Christmas Eve yields...
December 19, 2011
Journalists have been known to jump to premature conclusions if a denomination has the word...
December 12, 2011
At first, there didn't seem to be much an 80-something grandmother could do to help...
December 05, 2011
Decade after decade, the Gallup Organization reported some of the most familiar numbers in American...

November 2011

November 28, 2011
Believe it or not, politicians used to be able to assume that when the U.S....
November 21, 2011
There is nothing new about church leaders arguing about worship, including whether the rites have...
November 14, 2011
When it comes to higher education, Georgia Baptists are of two minds these days. On...
November 07, 2011
When it comes to changing course, ecclesiastical bureaucracies are like giant oceangoing vessels that struggle...

October 2011

October 31, 2011
When it comes to the daily news, the recently retired editor of The New York...
October 24, 2011
If Southern Baptists gather for a seminar on what Mormons believe, the odds are good...
October 17, 2011
It was in 1994 that author Umberto Eco, drawing on his studies in symbols and...
October 10, 2011
Once upon a time, there was this controversial quarterback. Even his strongest defenders admitted that...
October 03, 2011
If golf is a religion, then the smell of freshly mown Bermuda grass is the...

September 2011

September 26, 2011
Travelers who frequent the winding mountain roads of Southern Appalachia know that, every few miles,...
September 19, 2011
Pastors have their own brand of insider humor, just like doctors, lawyers, accountants and other...
September 12, 2011
Less than a year after 9/11, a New York Times columnist stunned the newspaper's remaining...
September 05, 2011
Wherever bishops travel, churches plan lavish banquets and other solemn tributes to honor their hierarchs....

August 2011

August 29, 2011
Deacon Greg Kandra was well aware that modern Americans were getting more casual and that...
August 22, 2011
There is nothing unusual about a priest who is dressed in clerical garb having a...
August 15, 2011
GILFORD, N.H. -- Everywhere computer professional Brian Heil looked at SoulFest 2011 he saw packs...
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