Is this possible? A Vatican official has floated the idea of a shared “ecumenical catechism” as one of the potential fruits of 40 years of dialogue among Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and members of the Reformed churches. “We have affirmed our common foundation in Jesus
The Egyptians believed their pharoahs were gods. As such, they could not marry mere mortals but had to marry others of divine blood within their own families. Even Akhenaten, who promoted a kind of monotheism that taught that the Sun was the only god, followed
This little part of Virginia where we live is turning out a crop of notable 16-year-olds. First Maddy Curtis made “American Idol” and now Ashley Caldwell from just down the other side of the road is in the Winter Olympics: It’s hard to imagine that
You are dust. And to dust you shall return. Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging
T. S. Eliot was one of the most important founders of the modernist movement in literature, a cutting-edge poet of the first order. And yet he was converted to Christianity. He also began calling himself a conservative and a classicist. But he still wrote cutting-edge
I am very grateful to Dan, who had said that he was influenced by my book Spirituality of the Cross and, in answer to Paul McCain’s query, explained why. I am posting it here, even though it’s long, because you might have missed it. I
Walter Russell Mead at the American Interest invokes Luther’s reforms and claims that the church today needs another structural reformation: The Christian churches in the United States are in trouble for all the usual reasons — human sinfulness and selfishness, the temptations of life in
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. As a result, this is traditionally the day known as Fat Tuesday, during which people indulged in whatever they were going to give up for Lent. That devolved into the decadent hedonism associated with carnival or Mardi
If you haven’t heard, U.S., allied, and Afghan national troops are engaged in a major, large-scale operation in Afghanistan, attacking the region in which the Taliban are at their greatest strength. U.S. launches major surge against Taliban in Afghanistan – washingtonpost.com.
I am not for a minute condoning the Evangelical, Catholic, and Voodoo interfaith services, nor am I agreeing that Haiti’s earthquake was divine punishment against its government. But in the aftermath of the earthquake, it appears that Haitians are in a mood to cast off
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