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September 2009

September 14, 2009

Faithfully listening to Obama

Since returning this fall, Craig Dunham has asked his Biblical Ethics students at Westminster Christian...

September 07, 2009

Rites, wrongs and Ted Kennedy

In the summer of 2004, the Vatican sent a letter to the United States addressing...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

Hemlock, health care and Catholic choices

The "Your Life, Your Choices" booklet didn't cause trouble at the Department of Veterans Affairs...

August 24, 2009

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, pro-lifer

There is nothing particularly newsworthy about a coalition of pro-lifers releasing a public manifesto that...

August 03, 2009

Catholic pain in health-care fight

In Catholic debates, it always helps to be able to quote the official Catechism of...

July 2009

July 27, 2009

Why journalists (heart) the Episcopal Church

On a typical Sunday, 4,281 Episcopalians attend services in the world-famous Diocese of New Hampshire,...

June 2009

June 15, 2009

Again: Killing abortionists is sin

After days of angry headlines about the murder of an abortionist, one of America's most...

May 2009

May 24, 2009

Truth, doubt and Notre Dame

President Dwight Eisenhower's Civil Rights Commission faced high hurdles as it searched for common ground...

May 11, 2009

Notre Dame and her children

The women's clinic nurse confirmed that Lacy Dodd was pregnant, and then told her not...

April 2009

April 20, 2009

Archbishop meets the press (year 21)

In most news reports, Mother Teresa seemed like such a nice, quiet holy woman. But...

March 2009

March 15, 2009

Rush Limbaugh, liberal heretic?

The joke was old, old, old and Rush Limbaugh knew that when -- tongue firmly...

February 2009

February 23, 2009

Nailing the evangelical fads

The upperclassman sat across the cafeteria table from freshman Joe Carter and, in a matter...

February 16, 2009

Case by case government doctrines

Welcome to the church-state battlefield, President Barack Obama. Consider this hypothetical landmine: Would it be...

February 02, 2009

Prayers in a minefield (civil religion II)

Phyllis Tickle tried to pay close attention to the prayers at the inauguration of President...

January 2009

January 25, 2009

Our political high holy day, part I

EDITOR'S NOTE: First of two columns on President Barack Obama's inauguration. As Aretha Franklin finished...

January 19, 2009

Searching for gray on abortion

When it comes to abortion, the vast majority of Americans know what they want and...

January 12, 2009

Memory eternal, Paul Weyrich

It was the kind of quote that is catnip for politicos and scribes inside the...

January 05, 2009

Politics dominate 2008 religion

After waves of headlines about faith and politics, President-elect Barack Obama was the clear choice...

December 2008

December 07, 2008

Joking about Jonestown

It only takes a few words to call back the memories from 30 years ago,...

October 2008

October 22, 2008

Culture wars 2008

If you could erase one moment from Sen. Barack Obama's White House campaign, which would...

October 15, 2008

Obama meets The 700 Club

NASHVILLE -- Washington correspondent David Brody knew it was a symbolic moment when Democratic Party...

October 01, 2008

Wink, wink pulpit wars

The political endorsement was clear, although the words were carefully chosen. New Hampshire Bishop V....

September 2008

September 17, 2008

Gov. Sarah Palin, Antichrist

The punch line rocketed around the World Wide Web, inspiring smiles in pews friendly to...

September 10, 2008

Define ‘evangelical’ — again

It's an election year, which means the folks in evangelical Protestant pews know exactly what...

September 03, 2008

On the count of three — pray

At the first inauguration of George W. Bush as president, the Rev. Franklin Graham raised...

July 2008

July 23, 2008

Preaching to a tempting choir

The YouTube era has produced a few Catholic stars, priests whose performances have inspired scores...

July 16, 2008

Faith and Tony Snow’s grace

Few things in life cause more shame than encounters with con artists, those old-fashioned predators...

July 09, 2008

Faith and the Russert Test

The politico facing Tim Russert was Vice Present Al Gore and their testy dialogue was...

June 2008

June 18, 2008

Obama prays behind closed doors

Steve Strang knew the ground rules for the recent meeting between Sen. Barack Obama and...

March 2008

March 26, 2008

Faith & politics? Nothing new

When it comes to religion and politics, it's hard to talk about the contests without...