Saturday, October 31, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
Megachurches continue to grow and diversify, steer clear of politics
Seeking power in Jesus’ name: Trump sparks a rise of Patriot Churches*
The Washington Post: A new congregation is gathered in a barn in
Lenoir City, Tenn., with a roof that has a 60-foot American flag painted
on it. And they are praying for a Trump landslide.
Time: Twenty-eight U.S. Christian right groups have spent millions
of dollars pursuing conservative agendas that threaten LGBTQ and women’s
rights in Europe, a new investigation by British news website
openDemocracy found Tuesday.
The Conversation: As religious services went online to protect
congregants from the coronavirus, a paradox emerged: Worshipers were
connected via the internet to a potentially wide community, but it felt
like a more private affair.
National Catholic Reporter: Headlines affirming that President
Donald Trump's numbers are up with Latinos, especially in Florida and
Arizona, left many of us scratching our heads.
America: “It’s cruelty, and separating kids from parents goes
against natural rights,” the pope says in the documentary “Francesco.”
“It’s something a Christian cannot do. It’s cruelty of the highest
form.”
CNN: Jerry Falwell Jr., who resigned as president of Liberty
University in August after a sex scandal and other controversies, is now
suing the evangelical school for defamation and breach of contract.
Christian Century: What would happen if we listened to each other in love?
The Atlantic: Former Vice President Joe Biden is using his Scranton bona fides to win over a key voting bloc.
Religion News Service: A look at megachurches over the past five
years finds that most have grown larger and more diverse and become less
likely to call themselves evangelical.
NPR: A man used a knife to attack people at the Notre Dame Basilica
in Nice, France, Thursday, killing three people, authorities say.
The Washington Post: Eventually, we will need to rebuild our shared political norms. Faith should be part of the solution.
The Guardian: Action comes after appearances by Franklin Graham were cancelled amid protests from LGBT rights campaigners.
The New York Times: A Christian evangelical who was shunned for her
lesbianism, she became an influential scholar of the Bible, finding in
it acceptance of LGBTQ people.
Crux: The Vatican criminal tribunal agreed Tuesday to broaden a sex
abuse trial involving the Holy See’s youth seminary beyond two priests
already charged to include the religious organization responsible for
running the residence.
Religion & Politics: During June’s primary elections in
Lackawanna, New York, all but one of 200 ballots with objections filed
against them had names that sounded Muslim or Middle Eastern.
Associated Press: More than 1,000 clergy members, religious
scholars and other faith-based advocates have signed onto a unique
statement that supports a comprehensive path to “a free and fair
election” and urges leaders to heed the verdict of “legitimate election
results” regardless of who wins in November.
Deseret News: In Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Florida
members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may make the
difference.
Christianity Today: The 2020 race brings out generational gaps within the most undecided Asian American demographic.
The Guardian: Protests take place in several countries against French president in aftermath of crackdown.
Religion News Service: An abatement order was issued for the United
House of Prayer for All People after an outbreak of COVID-19 led to
more than 121 cases and at least three deaths.
This fall marks ten years that I’ve been a Catholic
Faith, reason, and Catholic political engagement
By Francis X. Maier on Oct 29, 2020 07:54 pmBefore I finish this article, it will be obvious how my family and I will vote on November 3, and why. But I’ll also speak of a man whose Catholic faith and public service I [...]
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San Francisco archbishop asks DA to prosecute Serra statue vandalism
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 28, 2020 09:24 pmDenver Newsroom, Oct 28, 2020 / 03:56 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has asked the Marin County district attorney to prosecute those arrested after an Oct. 12 riot at a mission church [...]
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“The Memorial of Unborn Children II” portrays regret, mercy, healing
By Joseph M. Hanneman on Oct 28, 2020 06:21 pmMADISON, Wisconsin — Pain. Horror. Grief. Regret. Mercy. Forgiveness. Healing. The sculpture just installed at Resurrection Cemetery in the Diocese of Madison expresses the profound emotional impact of the many losses of those children killed [...]
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The Triumph of Truth: Restoring Reality
By F.X. Cronin on Oct 28, 2020 03:19 pmWhat is reality? Is it just the physical world, the world of biology, chemistry, and physics? Is reality only matter and energy and space and time? Is everything in human experience just effects of the [...]
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A history of anti-Catholicism: Telling the story of the Church in America
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 28, 2020 02:24 pmWashington D.C., Oct 28, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- If you’ve ever seen an old cartoon of the pope taking over the White House but wanted to hold the original piece of paper, you’re in [...]
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Abortion and Racism: Conversations with three black, pro-life leaders
By Monica Seeley on Oct 27, 2020 08:05 pmAs this past summer of protests and racial unrest was heating up, I began hearing increasing criticism directed at the American pro-life movement. An extreme, but telling example came from Rolling Stone Magazine’s Jamil Smith [...]
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Is “same-sex love” really a thing?
By Jim Russell on Oct 27, 2020 07:02 pm“Gay Catholic” writer Eve Tushnet has done it again—in an October 24th commentary in the Washington Post, Tushnet repeats her years-long promotion of “same-sex love,” asking in the piece’s title “What, exactly, does Pope Francis [...]
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China’s Catholic Leviathan: Jesuits and the Sino-Vatican Agreement
By Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. on Oct 26, 2020 06:10 pmOn October 22nd, the Holy See Press Office announced that the Vatican has renewed its agreement with China’s state officials – the new expiration date of the agreement is October 22, 2022. The Vatican states: [...]
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Ten years a Catholic: Reflections in a time of controversy
By Casey Chalk on Oct 26, 2020 04:59 pmThis fall marks ten years that I’ve been a Catholic. More specifically, ten years since I returned to the Catholicism of my youth — my parents and I left the Church shortly after I received [...]
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Senate set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court Monday evening
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 26, 2020 02:00 pmCNA Staff, Oct 26, 2020 / 08:45 am (CNA).- Amy Coney Barrett is expected to be confirmed to the Supreme Court on Monday evening, after the Senate held a rare Sunday session during which a [...]
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Confronting the Darkness in a Year Full of Death
Seeking renewal in culture, politics, and faith in modern America
These young influencers want to #MakeJesusViral.
Rachel Seo
Political division finds fuel in sin that separates us from each other. Only peacemakers win the title “children of God.”
Bonnie Kristian
After a data-driven study of women’s conversations in Scripture, here’s what I found.
John Dyer
Christians consider the moral weight of the ballot.
Compiled by Daniel Silliman
Part of the emotional drain I felt during the pandemic came from trying to manage my members’ feelings.
Ike Miller
But very few do so from the pulpit, according to the latest from LifeWay Research.
Aaron Earls – LifeWay Research
As members of the body of Christ, we belong to each other in our grief.
Charlotte Donlon
How inner transformation shapes outward proclamation.
Todd Hunter
Don’t let partisan extremes and animosities prevent you from entering the arena for the sake of the common good.
Harold Heie
Can a follower
of Christ claim salvation through his crucifixion, but then consent to
the suffering racial injustice imposes on others?
Cheryl J. Sanders
A historian asks whether a warped view of masculine authority has corrupted our faith and political witness.
Daniel Harrell
An expected, but not devastating, part of ministry.
Evangelicals
pray for peace after three were killed at a Catholic church in Nice, the
third incident in recent months attributed to Muslim extremists.
Lori Hinnant – Associated Press
The Bible tells us we only escape original sin through our perfect savior.
Chad Ashby
Making sense of a year where millions have lost loved ones to a virus.
Morgan Lee
Sudanese and American experts examine the latest Arab normalization agreement with the Jewish state.
Jayson Casper
Politics don’t matter when it comes to lifting up our leaders.
Bonnie Kristian
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