RICHMOND — Top leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region have declared Sept. 29 an Interfaith Day of Service, encouraging faith communities and other nonprofit groups to collaborate to fight hunger and food insecurity. Governors Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Martin O’Malley…
Mid-Atlantic leaders urge fight against food insecurity
RICHMOND — Top leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region have declared Sept. 29 an Interfaith Day of Service, encouraging faith communities and other nonprofit groups to collaborate to fight hunger and food insecurity. Governors Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Martin O’Malley…
Mid-Atlantic leaders urge fight against food insecurity
RICHMOND — Top leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region have declared Sept. 29 an Interfaith Day of Service, encouraging faith communities and other nonprofit groups to collaborate to fight hunger and food insecurity. Governors Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Martin O’Malley…
Bluefield College sees banner year in contributions
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College celebrated a banner year of giving as contributions to the Baptist-affiliated school hit the $3.3 million mark for the 2011-2012 fiscal year — the highest annual gift total in Bluefield’s history. Total gifts to the…
Life still an adventure for 86-year-old
By Jeff Brumley By all accounts there are few people like Bruce Heilman. Friends and family say he’s a hard-charging 86-year-old, working still as chancellor of the University of Richmond, a passionate husband, father and grandfather, active in Baptist life…
Life still an adventure for 86-year-old UR chancellor
RICHMOND (ABP) — By all accounts there are few people like Bruce Heilman. Friends and family say he’s a hard-charging 86-year-old, working still as chancellor of the University of Richmond, a passionate husband, father and grandfather, active in Baptist life…
Democrats gather in the heart of Billy Graham country
CHARLOTTE (RNS)—The host city for the Democratic National Convention is not a particularly political place. Charlotte is known for three things: banking, NASCAR and religion. And when it comes to religion, Billy Graham’s spirit looms large. America’s most famous evangelist…
Is work a punishment from God?
(RNS)—On the first Monday of September, America honors working stiffs by taking a paid day off. But does Labor Day celebrate an enterprise that God intended to be a punishment? In a recent New York Times essay on the frenetic…
Is work intended to be a punishment from God?
(RNS)—On the first Monday of September, America honors working stiffs by taking a paid day off. But does Labor Day celebrate an enterprise that God intended to be a punishment? In a recent New York Times essay on the frenetic…
WINN RECOMMENDS
Ecclesiastes, Peter Enns (Eerdmans) Enns has proven to be a provocative and thoughtful theologian, particularly from within Evangelical circles. In this new commentary on Ecclesiastes, Enns seeks to pay careful attention both to the exegetical arguments of the text and…
OPINION: Hidden gems
A friend told me about a phenomenon called “Hidden Gems,” an online community for people who regularly watch “Dancing with the Stars.” Every week as people tune in to watch the show they are entertained not only by the dancing…
Will candidates’ Mormon faith repel or attract voters?
WASHINGTON (RNS)—As the first Mormon selected by a major political party as its presidential candidate, will Mitt Romney’s barrier-breaking faith be a boon or bane to his White House campaign? Two studies on the question come to contradictory conclusions. In…