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Archive: March 2008
Maternal Instincts, Paternal Church
If many of us aren’t quite ready to claim our gifts as female clergy leaders, it may be because we don’t have the freedom, internal or external, to admit that we have limits and need help.
By Elizabeth Evans | March 28, 2008; 3:48 PM ET | Comments (12)
The God Bless America Test
Like Nike’s “Just Do It” or any other ubiquitous catchphrase, the words eventually lose their meaning. God bless America has become the Pennsylvania Avenue equivalent to consumerized Madison Avenue staples.
By David Domke and Kevin Coe | March 28, 2008; 7:54 AM ET | Comments (9)
God's Free Market
The Founders and the other advocates of religious liberty back then seemed more confident in the ultimate power of their religion to win followers than some religious leaders do now.
By Steven Waldman | March 28, 2008; 3:08 AM ET | Comments (15)
China Needs the Dalai Lama
China keeps trying to make an enemy of their best friend in all the world: the Dalai Lama.
» Desmond Tutu's statement
By Robert Thurman | March 26, 2008; 9:21 AM ET | Comments (151)
The Pastor as Prophet
A preacher who fails to speak truth to power and refuses to speak of what is wrong in the ardent hope of making it right is a repudiation of God’s solemn call.
By Peter Gomes | March 25, 2008; 10:52 AM ET | Comments (57)
The Two Jeremiahs
Reading the original Jeremiah, I found not only our country but myself challenged at a profound level.
By Arthur Waskow | March 25, 2008; 3:42 AM ET | Comments (1)
My Trust in My Lord
I believe in Jesus Christ. It’s that simple and that complex. I cannot convince anyone of it by reason, anymore than an atheist can convince me, by reason, that there is no God.
By Anne Rice | March 21, 2008; 2:50 PM ET | Comments (956)
Awakening at Easter
I believe we are on a beautiful heavenly planet that is spinning in perfect balance with the rest of the universe. I believe we all have the capacity to open the Christ consciousness within each of us. And I believe in the Easter bunny.
By Melissa Etheridge | March 21, 2008; 11:43 AM ET | Comments (112)
Take This (Portuguese) Bread
As the Portuguese bread I eat becomes my flesh, now I am less what I was before and more Portuguese. Isn’t this how transubstantiation works.
By Bill Tonelli | March 21, 2008; 11:31 AM ET | Comments (17)
Britney and Us
As I've watched Britney Spears unravel before our eyes, in real time, with no end in sight, I have begun to think it's time for a pause, a moment of cultural soul-searching.
By Krista Tippett | March 14, 2008; 10:38 AM ET | Comments (15)
The Religious Counterculture
Secularism and orthodox faith are both growing while moderate, mainline religion is withering. Neither side, therefore, should expect the other to go away.
By Timothy Keller | March 13, 2008; 9:53 AM ET | Comments (7)
The Struggle of Forgiveness
An act of forgiveness may be a candle lit in the heavens, but it is mostly, as I discovered, a mundane struggle.
By Kenneth Briggs | March 12, 2008; 9:59 AM ET | Comments (22)
A Mufti, A Christian and a Rabbi
This is a choice that many of us in the family of Abraham have already made, right in the heart of war and conflict. Religions must be de-weaponized, so that their life-exalting message can finally triumph.
By Marc Gopin | March 12, 2008; 6:18 AM ET | Comments (10)
Preparing for the End: Death in a UH-60
Twenty years ago today, my entire first squad and number one machine gun team were killed in a late night mid-air helicopter collision over Ft. Campbell.
By William Blazek | March 7, 2008; 5:53 PM ET | Comments (107)
Culture of Choice Creating Religious Enclaves
In a culture of choice, religious communities lose their deep traditions: the subtle insights passed on between generations; the little rituals that make a way of life; the nuances where hard truths are tempered with mercy.
By Vincent Miller | March 3, 2008; 4:54 PM ET | Comments (1)
