“We don’t believe God is an angry old man out to get us. Let’s stop behaving as though we did. Recognising gay people are equal means they won’t dilute or spoil marriage but potentially enrich it.” – Bishop Alan Wilson
What does Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) have in common with St. Augustine? More than you might think. Scholars Thomas Laqueur and Virginia Burrus chatted via e-mail with Sarah Morice-Brubaker of Religion Dispatches about what Augustine and other leaders of the early church had to say about rape. Laqueur notes that when he first heard Akin’s …
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The Lilly Endowment is donating $5 million for repairs to Washington National Cathedral, exactly one year after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake severely damaged the historic structure. From the Washington Post:
Jesu that dost in Mary dwell Be in thy servants’ hearts as well, In the spirit of thy holiness, In the fullness of thy force and stress, In the very ways that thy life goes And virtues that thy pattern shows, In sharing of thy mysteries; And every power in us that is Against that …
by Maria L. Evans In my mind, Mack’s situation was different from that of a starving child or a civilian wounded in war. He was a competent adult who decided to stand by what he understood to be the word of God, no matter the consequences. And so I’ve started to come to peace with …
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