An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

We go to church for a good sermon, not bad stand-up comedy

United Methodists may never agree on LGBT issues. Can they stay together anyway?
The Washington Post: Besides issues of sexuality, a broader question is up for a vote: What do the 13 million Methodists from Africa to Asia to America have in common?
Slate: For LGBTQ Methodists, church "discipline" feels like discrimination

We go to church for a good sermon, not bad stand-up comedy
The (London) Telegraph: When you're contemplating the grave, childbirth, or marriage, the last thing you need are cheap jokes.

As U.S. attitudes change, some evangelicals dig in; others adapt
NPR: America's culture war, waged in recent years over gender roles, sexuality and the definition of marriage, is increasingly being fought inside evangelical Christian circles.

Admiration for Pope Francis in sharp decline, study shows
Crux: Three years into his papacy, a recent study shows global admiration for Pope Francis is in sharp decline.

North Carolina's HB2 and the shifting battle over LGBT rights
Religion & Politics: Regardless of HB2's fate, the debate merits attention because it reveals both the rapid reorganization of religion, sexuality, and gender in our cultural and political landscape, and the staying power of older patterns of thinking.

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