As you may have heard, my church closed in July. Beyond the AP story that Peter Smith put together, Bob Smietana also covered it for Religion News Service, and I wrote a long essay that the Deseret was kind enough to run with only some…
‘Wall of Silence,’ a podcast about abuse in ACNA, was silenced. Now, it’s back.
In April, the Rev. Chris Marchand, an Anglican priest in Peoria, Illinois, launched “Wall of Silence,” a podcast about church abuse and cover-up in the Anglican Church in North America.
Why are Mormon lifestyle influencers so popular?
An alluring young woman sporting a 1950s-style polka-dot halter dress leans toward the camera across the kitchen counter, the epitome of retro chic. In a soothing, gentle voice, she informs us that a relative is in town and has been…
When to Respond to Slander (and When to Ignore It)
Not long ago, a woman told me about a conflict she was having with a fellow member of her church. Conflict might be the wrong word, since it seemed mostly one-sided. The woman said that the other church member was telling falsehoods…
At this church in Portugal, parishioners surf before they worship.
Porto takes pride in its beaches, old churches covered in blue-and-white tiles and its famous port wine named after the city in northern Portugal.
AME Church delegates name six new bishops while retaining same-sex marriage ban
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, gathered in Columbus, Ohio, for its quadrennial meeting, consecrated six new bishops on Wednesday (Aug. 28) and voted to continue its ban on same-sex marriage while a committee considers ways to guide the denomination concerning…
Hillsong Founders Brian And Bobbie Houston Launch ‘Online Church’ And Ask For Money
Disgraced Hillsong founder Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, are asking for money for an online church venture.
What Incarcerated Ministry Leaders Want the Church to Know
In recent decades, seminaries have begun offering courses and degrees to incarcerated Christians, including hybrid classes where students on the “outside” can join classrooms on the “inside.”
Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India on Wednesday after undergoing a knee replacement surgery in New York.
Want a better life? Spend more time thinking about sin, says Elizabeth Oldfield.
“I am constantly surprised to have found myself writing a book about sin and then trying to offer it in public as a useful, humanizing, liberatory way of thinking about ourselves,”
John Lennon’s inspiration for ‘Strawberry Fields’ bears new fruit for Salvation Army
Let me take you down to Strawberry Fields— no, not the memorial in New York’s Central Park to the former Beatle John Lennon, who was slain in Manhattan in 1980, but to the place that inspired his song, where the…
How ‘The Crow’ Reboot Makes A Mess Of Afterlife Mythologies
The 2024 remake of “The Crow” is terrible. But its nonsensical views of heaven and hell are a perfect reflection of contemporary sensibilities.