Archive: February 27, 2011 - March 5, 2011
Why can't we just let Jesus be Jesus?
Jesus' focus was so blessedly outward. At great personal risk, Jesus called out the greedy, the bigoted, the liars, the cheats, and the mean--all those inwardly-focus folks who place their personal success or wealth before the general good. Shouldn't that be how we live as well, if we're to call ourselves followers of Jesus?
By Martha Woodroof | March 4, 2011; 2:48 PM ET | Comments (28)
Why I'm rooting for BYU
If Davies didn't feel that he could live up to BYU's ethical standards, he shouldn't have gone to school there.
By By Kathy Orton | March 4, 2011; 2:31 PM ET | Comments (11)
Why aren't faith leaders top advocates for birth control?
Which is worse: sex with contraception, or sex with no contraception resulting in an unplanned pregnancy ending in abortion?
By Sarah S. Brown | March 4, 2011; 12:24 PM ET | Comments (5)
Shared commitment to women and children
As people of faith, we call on the U.S. Senate to reject the draconian and ultimately immoral cuts proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives. As religious leaders called by God to co-create a better world where all may flourish and thrive, we can do no less.
By Rev. Richard Cizik and Rev. Debra W. Haffner | March 3, 2011; 10:10 AM ET | Comments (10)
Activist: Many Maryland Catholics support same-sex marriage, extending legal protections to all families
Faithful Catholics who follow the debate on same-sex marriage have grown accustomed to our bishops making embarrassing and insensitive statements, and Monday's missive from the three bishops who exercise jurisdiction in the state of Maryland was no exception.
By Francis DeBernardo | March 1, 2011; 4:24 PM ET | Comments (9)
Evangelicals take to Twitter to debate the doctrine of hell
Almost overnight, the online evangelical community erupted into a full-blown debate over doctrines related to heaven, hell, religious pluralism, justice, mercy and atonement.
By Rachel Held Evans | March 1, 2011; 4:00 PM ET | Comments (80)
Congressional budget: What would Jesus cut?
As a minister, I believe that our national budget is a moral document that reveals, starkly and undeniably, our nation's priorities.
By David Beckmann | March 1, 2011; 10:11 AM ET | Comments (4)

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