by John D. Pierce | Jun 2, 2020 | Opinion
Decades ago, at my home church, the pastoral prayer would be followed by the choir’s soft refrain: “Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord; incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace.” Those long-buried words were resurrected from memory during early...
by Bill Pitts | Aug 29, 2013 | Opinion
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) affirmed a deep relationship between his Christian faith and ordinary daily work. He was a bright student who quickly realized that seminary training (1883-86) in Bible, theology, church history and preaching did not prepare him to...
by Caryn Shinske | Feb 10, 2012 | News
(RNS) The people behind a popular chain e-mail about President Obama and the National Day of Prayer might want to think about the sin of omission. That’s omission, as in omitting facts. The widely circulated e-mail claims that Obama canceled a National Day of...
by Tim Townsend | Feb 7, 2012 | News
ST. LOUIS (RNS) For 18 years, the Rev. William Rowe has done a little improvising while celebrating Mass on Sunday mornings at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mount Carmel, Ill. Now those deviations have led to his resignation in an incident that may be tied to...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 8, 2010 | General
A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on August 8, 2010. Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 Here is how verses 10 thru 17 of the first chapter in Isaiah are paraphrased in Eugene Peterson’s The Message: “Listen to my...