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The Briefing

Libya and the Just Use of American Force... Obama Address Congress on Libya... Americans Approve of Military Action Against Libya, 47% to 37%... The Speech Obama Hasn't Given... The Middle East Crisis Has Just Begun... Spoiled by the All-in-One Gadge ...

March 28, 2011

The Briefing

Hugs From Libyans... 'Kinetic Military action' or 'war'?... Daydream Believers... Islamist Group Is Rising Force in a New Egypt... More U.S. colleges adding Muslim chaplains... Once Rare in Rural America, Divorce Is Changing the Face of Its Families. ...

March 25, 2011

Must a Pastor Be Married? The New York Times Asks the Question

Is marriage a requirement for pastoral ministry? That question is not new, having been a major focus of debates at crucial points in church history, but it is being asked once again. Erik Eckholm of The New York Times asked the question in a news st ...

March 25, 2011

The Briefing

Fight of the Valkyries... Detroit loses a staggering 25% of its population in a decade... Women Seeking Abortions in South Dakota to Get Anti-Abortion Advice... New wave of abortion laws limits women's right to choose... Self-Control at High and Low ...

March 24, 2011

A Theological Conversation Worth Having: A Response to Brian McLaren

Some theological disputes amount to very little and serve mostly as exercises in missing the point, if indeed there is a point. Other doctrinal exchanges are quite different and deal with matters of central and essential concern to the Christian fait ...

March 23, 2011

The Briefing

Leaders Struggle to Define Next Moves... A Very Liberal Intervention... Japan damage could reach $235 billion, World Bank estimates... Quake Is New Blow for Japanese Towns... We Have Seen All This Before: Rob Bell and the (Re)Emergence of Liberal The ...

March 22, 2011

This Priest Faces Mecca? A Parable of Confusion

Rev. Steve Lawler has attracted the attention of the national media because this Episcopal priest chose a very odd way to observe Lent. He decided to "adopt the rituals of Islam" for the forty day season observed by many liturgical denominations, inc ...

March 17, 2011

We Have Seen All This Before: Rob Bell and the (Re)Emergence of Liberal Theology

The novelist Saul Bellow once remarked that being a prophet is nice work if you can get it. The only problem, he suggested, is that sooner or later a prophet has to speak of God, and at that point the prophet has to speak clearly. In other words, the ...

March 16, 2011

The Briefing

The Limits of Safeguards and Human Foresight ...

March 14, 2011

When the Earth Moves: Pray for the People of Japan

There can be few more frightening experiences than an earthquake, and last Friday's quake that has devastated Japan will rank among the strongest ever recorded. Ranking 9.0 on the scale of magnitude, the Sendai, Japan quake ranks fifth among earthqua ...

March 14, 2011

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