Baptism is what connects you to Good Friday and to Easter. If you have been baptized, Christ’s death is your death, and Christ’s resurrection is your resurrection. So says the Bible in words that I don’t understand how non-believers in baptism can get around: Do
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams (who has announced that he is stepping down) has some perceptive comments about Luther, the Reformation, and the Theology of the Cross: “The Reformation put a question of the utmost gravity to all Christians, a question about the continuity
Archaeologists have discovered the grave of a 16-year-old girl dating from just 50 years or so after the first Christian missionaries came to “Angle-land.” She was wearing a magnificent golden and bejeweled cross. From Medievalists.net: One of the earliest Anglo-Saxon Christian burial sites in Britain
In an effort to be even more inclusive than they already are, a diocese in the Episcopal Church has dropped baptism as a requirement for someone to receive Holy Communion. The measure will go before the entire church body this summer. From a conservative Anglican
Mitt Romney swept the Maryland, D.C., and Wisconsin primaries. The fat lady is singing. It is hard to imagine a scenario in which Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, or Ron Paul could stop Romney from getting the Republican presidential nomination. Republicans might as well accept the
The baseball season begins again! Hope springs eternal. I add reading box scores to my morning routine. Every season has its drama, intrigues, and some team that comes out of nowhere. Please report on the state of your team. What are your predictions?
W. H. Auden–another major poet who converted to Christianity–has written perceptively about vocation. This is from his poem entitled “Sext,” part of his Horae Canonicae, poems on the canonical hours on Good Friday. (It gets a little obscure towards the end, but he is referring
At least a dozen tornadoes hit Dallas and northern Texas yesterday. Here is a video showing a funnel tossing semi trucks and trailers high, high into the air. View more videos at: http://nbcdfw.com.
Former president Jimmy Carter is calling on the Democratic Party to change its pro-abortion stance: Appearing on the radio talk show of conservative radio host Laura Ingraham today, former President Jimmy Carter said he believes the Democratic Party should moderate its position on abortion, which
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