Bob Dylan’s Religious Mystique Endures

(RNS) Through the 1960s, Bob Dylan was hailed as a prophet, first of folk music, then of rock ‘n’ roll—at least by those who forgave him the heresy of having “gone electric.” But when rock’s best-known Jew famously declared Jesus to be the answer, many fans turned on...

Churches’ Response to Change: Stagnation or Relevance

The 21st-century world is in constant flux. The advances in technology, the continuing spread of globalization, the uprisings in the Arab world, and the growing interaction between diverse cultures present our modern world with continuous and unstoppable change. We...

From Capernaum to Nazareth: TravelBlog 3

If you’ve been virtually touring Israel with the study group from Campbell University Divinity School, you know that this was our second full day of exploring in Galilee. It was a full day, and the weather could not have been better. We began the day with a...

From endurance to inspiration

By John Pierce There are 96 members of my daughter’s high school class who will receive diplomas today. The school has an Honors Night tradition of having a teacher say something about each graduate. So I arrived at last night’s dinner program in the same...