The Religion News Service reports that one of two police officers shot and killed in Brooklyn this weekend was about to graduate a training program for chaplains, and had spoken of going into full-time ministry after retirement. Officer Rafael Ramos, a married father who recently celebrated his 40th birthday, had spent ten weeks studying to …
In the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, attention has returned to the story of a Christmas truce between enemy forces dug into trenches in the European battlefield. Various stories of the exchange of gifts, carol singing, and even a game of soccer played between the trenches have circulated for decades, …
A married London vicar has responded with “surprise” to Archbishop Justin Welby’s words about “bridging” divisive opinions regarding marriage equality in the church. In a first-person essay in the International Business Times, the Reverend Andrew Foreshew-Cain describes how, after he married his partner this past June, he was “rebuked” and his name placed on a list …
Luke 2: 1-14 Merry Christmas! We all say it. But do we really know what it means? Or has it become an innocuous, seasonal version of: Have a nice day? Let’s take a closer look. The “Merry” part is easy. Who doesn’t want to be merry, particularly as winter sets in? Christmas… that’s where the …
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