Posts Tagged ‘News’
Mourning the loss of Bill Placher
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
We join the Wabash College community in mourning the loss of theologian Bill Placher, who died suddenly over the weekend at the age of 60. From Wabash: The Wabash College community is mourning the loss of one of its most influential teachers and scholars. William C. Placher ’70, the LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, [...]
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NY Times – Houses of Worship Choosing to Avoid Landmark Status
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
From the NY Times: Houses of worship are among the most sensitive issues facing New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. Mandating that a church be preserved can not only impose a heavy financial burden on a congregation, it also raises the specter of state interference with religious freedom. So the commission has been especially loath [...]
Tags: architecture, News
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CRCNA article on Thanksgiving Confession
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
CRCNA.org ran this article on Thansgiving worship at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Michigan, including this service of Thanksgiving confession. Nov. 21, 2008– The Spiritual Leadership Committee at Unity Christian High School led a special chapel service in 2005 in which prayers of thanksgiving were coupled with confession. It was a way of linking [...]
Tags: News, planning, prayer, reflection
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CSR releases Kent County Congregations Study report
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
From the Center for Social Research: Our report on the Kent County Congregations Study of 2007 is now online! The report, entitled Gatherings of Hope: How Religious Congregations Contribute to the Quality of Life in Kent County is downloadable now in PDF format. As reported on Sunday in the Grand Rapids Press, the KCCS is [...]
Tags: News, research
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NY Times on excavation of ancient city linked to King David
Friday, November 7th, 2008
From the NY Times: KHIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel — Overlooking the verdant Valley of Elah, where the Bible says David toppled Goliath, archaeologists are unearthing a 3,000-year-old fortified city that could reshape views of the period when David ruled over the Israelites. Five lines on pottery uncovered here appear to be the oldest Hebrew text ever [...]
Tags: archaeology, history, News, scripture
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byFaith on transforming business through the the Redeemer Entrepreneurship Initiative
Friday, November 7th, 2008
from byFaithonline: An artist struggling to articulate her business goals. A team of doctors trying to make their inner-city medical clinic sustainable. A service-oriented theater company seeking investors. These were all organizations that have been assisted by the Redeemer Entrepreneurship Initiative, an offshoot of Redeemer Presbyterian Church’s Center for Faith and Work in New York [...]
Tags: culture, News
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Ron Sider's review of 'Passing the Plate': why don't American Christians give more?
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Ron Sider’s review, at Books&Culture online, of a troubling new book by Christian Smith et al. on meager giving by American Christians: Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money is a powerful study about the pitifully small charitable donations of the richest Christians in history. In spite of the fact that [...]
Tags: congregations, News, research
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Being the Church During Election Week
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Pardon the preacher on the Sundays before and after Election Day: she must neither piously distance herself from the public square nor serve a particular cause or party. Which leaves … what, exactly? John Witvliet starts to navigate these rocky waters in a recent column in Reformed Worship: As I approach these questions, I am [...]
Tags: News, politics
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Slate on how campaigns are like megachurches
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
From Slate: The model for the modern political campaign is the evangelical megachurch. This isn’t a partisan observation. Both George Bush in 2004 and Barack Obama adopted the basic organizing techniques that many ministers have been using since the 1970s to grow their churches to stupendous size. And why not? They work. continued…
Tags: News, politics
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'Fear Naught But God' by Edward Knippers
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From Image Update: ‘Fear Naught But God’ is a suite of black and white woodcut block prints by artist Edward Knippers. The prints are paired first with a serious Biblical narrative, then with a more playful circus subject. This is similar to medieval morality plays with clowns and minstrels making commentary on serious themes. “The [...]
Tags: arts, News
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