June 9, 2014

After Period of Turmoil, Riverside Church Elects New Leader (New York Times) Southern Baptists Face Another Glum Report (Kansas City Star) New England Baptists to Drop ‘Southern,’ Keep the Faith (Boston Globe) Ted Cruz Rallies Republicans at Texas GOP...

June 3, 2014

Judge Questions Use of Archdiocese Funds (HTR News) California Baptist Church Changes Views on Homosexuality After Pastor’s Son Comes Out Gay (Huffington Post) Jim Crow’s Ancestors—and Children (Black Press USA) Looking for Love in One of the World’s...

June 2, 2014

Professor at Baptist College Fired After Picture Used on Beer Can (Daily Caller) Sexuality Takes Stage at Second Baptist Conference (Tennessean) Did the Southern Baptist ‘Conservative Resurgence’ Fail? (Daily Beast) Nashville Catholic Diocese Taking Over...

May 30, 2014

Maya Angelou: I’m Trying to be a Christian (Telegraph, UK) What the Largest Study of Women Leaders at Evangelical Nonprofits Has Learned So Far (Christian Today) Islamic Society of Central New York Plans New Mosque (Syracuse) Letter from LDS Church Officials...

Lessons for July 13, 2014

July 13, 201 The Fertile Word We know what it’s like to suffer through a bitter winter that seems interminable. We long for the warmth and the green and the blossoms of spring as daffodils do battle with lingering snow and overnight freezes to lift their yellow faces...

May 29, 2014

Maya Angelou, Acclaimed Writer, Dies (Christian Science Monitor) Civil Rights Icon John Lewis: Maya Angelou ‘Inspired an Entire Generation’ (TIME) GOP Senate Candidate Attacks Supreme Court for Preventing Teachers from Praying in School (Raw Story)...