As Injured Vets Return Home, Congregations Reach Out

NEWTON, Mass. (RNS) Some wounds of war are all too visible—a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul are often more difficult to spot, and equally hard to treat. But those who know where to look can help them heal, and it’s a message that...

U.S. Seminaries Consider Radical Changes

(RNS) For more than 200 years, Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) has trained future pastors to have expertise in biblical studies, pastoral care and preaching. But in today’s world, the nation’s oldest school of theology has decided that’s no longer enough, and...

Pawlenty’s Prominent Pastor not a Political Pawn

(RNS) When GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty goes to church, he knows he’ll hear a 27-minute sermon—never longer, never shorter. But whether he’ll hear a biblical endorsement of the Republican platform is far less certain. Pawlenty gets his spiritual guidance from...