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May 2005

May 04, 2005

Anglicans meet Rome’s Big Ben

Father Peter Toon is a strict traditionalist in all things liturgical, which is fitting since...

April 2005

April 27, 2005

After the Iakovos earthquake

When Archbishop Iakovos first became America's Greek Orthodox shepherd, he spent most of his time...

April 20, 2005

Should Jews believe Judaism is true?

David Klinghoffer knew that his new book "Why the Jews Rejected Jesus" would make plenty...

April 13, 2005

Year 17 — Episcopagans in the News

Our story begins with a liturgy entitled "A Women's Eucharist: A Celebration of the Divine...

April 06, 2005

A mystical spark from Poland?

It was in 1931 that a young Polish nun began seeing visions that would touch the...

March 2005

March 30, 2005

Cremating Terri Schiavo

Day after day, the cluster of protest placards outside the hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla.,...

March 23, 2005

The prayers of Hebrew Catholics

NEW YORK -- It's hard for Roy Schoeman to share his faith without mentioning Abraham,...

March 16, 2005

Archbishop in a tough room

Comedians know the meaning of the phrase "tough room."Professional speakers of all kinds try to...

March 09, 2005

Communion in the Anglican Communion?

The words change from continent to continent, but the world's 77 million Anglicans have always...

March 02, 2005

Those Oscar-winning sermons

Rare is the movie lover who hasn't glared at the television and muttered: "If I...

February 2005

February 23, 2005

No need for Orthodox pickles

Week after week, Eastern Orthodox hierarchs guide their flocks through the incense-shrouded rites that define...

February 16, 2005

Pope John Paul II: What’s the lead?

Theologian George Weigel needs a Global Positioning System transmitter on his wrist so journalists can...

February 09, 2005

Baylor, Bibles, boots and education

Soon after David Solomon arrived at Baylor University in 1960, he realized that one of...

February 02, 2005

Hell through the Hollywood lens

LOS ANGELES -- Hell looks really cool, when seen through a Hollywood lens.The good guys...

January 2005

January 26, 2005

Free Bibles, free speech

As a rule, newspaper readers do not protest when the Sunday edition includes free soap,...

January 19, 2005

The visions of Tolkien and Jackson

If J.R.R. Tolkien didn't know the perfect word to describe something he often created his...

January 12, 2005

Bad things, tough beliefs in Third World

Believers often wrestle with tragedy and death on the Mukono campus of the Uganda Christian...

January 05, 2005

Farewell to Ashcroft urban legend

The satirical report on the Democratic Underground website may have seemed bizarre to outsiders, but...

December 2004

December 29, 2004

Passionate news in 2004

For headline writers, 2004 was the year of "values voters," stormy acts of God in...

December 22, 2004

Skipping the 12 days of Christmas

It was around 200 A.D., according to St. Clement of Alexandria, that theologians in Egypt...

December 15, 2004

There’s power in the words

White House scribe Michael Gerson's telephone rang with a vengeance after the 2003 State of...

December 08, 2004

Santa Claus vs. St. Nicholas?

We see the headlines every two or three years during the holidays.A pastor preaches on...

December 01, 2004

Oy Joy! Merry Chrismukkah

At first it seemed normal to Michelle Gompertz to be sitting in an Indian restaurant...

November 2004

November 24, 2004

Define ‘evangelical’ — please

Ask Americans to rank the world's most influential evangelicals and the Rev. Billy Graham will...

November 17, 2004

Red, blue and green (tea)

One perk of covering a White House race from day one is that early-bird journalists...

November 10, 2004

Can Christians vote ‘no’?

Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre is opposed to abortion and the rise of what Pope John Paul...

November 03, 2004

After the Baptist baptism bus tour

They are some of America's most infamous religious statistics and conservatives have been known to...

October 2004

October 27, 2004

W. Bush — theological Rorschach test

In Iowa, some United Methodists want the president and vice president tossed out of their...

October 20, 2004

After the Veggie sale, Part II

While brainstorming the other day, Phil Vischer thought up an idea for a wacky late-night...

October 13, 2004

After the Veggie sale, Part I

NASHVILLE -- VeggieTales fans know that strange things happen when the big green digital cucumber...