Our own Nick Knisely, Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Pheonix, Arizona, talks about the breathless news reports that physicists were ready to announce that they’d discovered, at long last, the Higgs Boson – the so-called “God Particle.” It turns out that the actual announcement was not nearly as exciting.
Day: January 27, 2012
Faith, Myth and Star Wars
Liel Leibovitz writes in the Tablet why George Lucas’ new film Red Tails is forcing him to look at the original Star Wars trilogy in a new light.
A new black theology that recovers ancient texts and forumlae
Jonathan Tran reviews three books that he says redefine both black theology and challenges many assumptions white theologians hold about the relationship between race and the theological enterprise.
Breaking: Executive Council receives dueling budget proposals
One proposed budget keeps diocesan asking at 19 percent and requires cuts of about $6 million from the 2010-12 budget. The other reduces the asking to 15 percent and requires cuts of about $21 million
Birth registration as a basic human right
The International Anglican Family Network (IAFN) has launched a global campaign to register births. The network is calling on Anglican churches to partner with government and other agencies to ensure that babies born in 2012 and after are registered.
For CofE Synod, it’s decision time on women bishops
Thinking Anglican’s has a link to the Church Times article, now peeking out from behind the paywall, about what is before the Synod next month.
Contrition: Paterno
The public nature of this last interview, frankly, made me uncomfortable–probably because I got more glimpse than I needed of someone else’s private demons. It felt like an over-share of grand proportions,…
Unbelievable
“You don’t even know all that I have done. You think God will have anything to do with me if he knows me. I’ve been there.
