Christianity, Culture, Vocation
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post in praise of the naked mole rat, an exceedingly odd little creature with seemingly super powers when it comes to health and longevity. Well, scientists have recently discovered why these things don’t get cancer, something that could lead to treatments in human beings. [Read more…]
Today, June 25, is the anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, which happened in 1530. Now it was not just one monk saying “Here I stand.” The Reformation had become a movement. Read it today. (Non-Lutherans, what do you think?)
After the jump, background on the event and how this particular confession ties the Reformation to the church universal. [Read more…]
The Church of England is breaking new ground in being “missional,” in the sense of changing the church to fit a particular culture. It is going after the “spiritual but not religious” crowd by starting what they are calling “a pagan church.” [Read more…]
Are you familiar with Doxology, the Lutheran institute on pastoral care (as well as care for pastors)? Led by Rev. Harold Senkbeil (who has written widely on Christian spirituality and who has applied it very effectively as a pastor) and Dr. Beverly Yahnke (the most brilliant and the most reliable Christian psychologist I have ever come across), it is a tremendous resource.
Well, Doxology is hosting a conference on what may become the biggest pastoral issue of our time: Speaking the Truth in Love: A Compassionate Response to Same Sex Attraction and Same Sex Marriage [Read more…]
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article that bemoans what pro-lifers would celebrate: Fewer and fewer med schools and teaching hospitals are training new doctors in how to perform abortions. [Read more…]
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