CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Sitting around the kitchen table, the Riverses are a picture of the quintessential American family. Over a freshly prepared meal, they share stories of the day’s events. The room is filled with the warmth of smiles,…
Congregations reach out to vets with PTSD, traumatic brain injury
NEWTON, Mass. (RNS) — Some wounds of war are all too visible — a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul often are more difficult to spot and equally hard to treat. But those who…
Wounded Warriors: Returning veterans, families struggle to adjust
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Sitting around the kitchen table, the Riverses are a picture of the quintessential American family. Over a freshly prepared meal, they share stories of the day’s events. The room is filled with the warmth of smiles,…
Duke divinity school students aim to heal ‘unseen war wounds’
DURHAM, N.C. — Combat veterans, pacifists, pastors, and military leaders gathered at a Duke Divinity School event Nov. 11-12 to discuss how the church, the military, and academia can understand and begin to heal the unseen wounds of war. Initiated…
Chaplain in Afghanistan sees close calls, reflects Christ’s peace
ANDAHAR, Afghanistan (BP) — Capt. Kevin Humphrey’s last quarterly report to the North American Mission Board’s chaplaincy group reads like the script of a Hollywood blockbuster. But the combat incidents are real — true wartime stories of battlefield death, horrific…
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St. Louis ‘Covenant’ event opens with worship, ends with ministry
ST. LOUIS (ABP) — The regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant II hosted by St. Luke Memorial Baptist Church in St. Louis began with a spirited worship service and an estimated crowd of about 500 on Nov. 17 and…
Trafficking: False promises, desperation lure woman
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — With five children to feed after her husband died “Rebecca” faced dreary prospects in Cameroon. There are no jobs in that African nation located just above the equator on the western coast. Still, she was…
Opinion: Always reforming
(ABP) — Ecclesia Semper Reformanda, so the saying goes, “the church is always reforming.” Those words came to mind last week when I heard sociologist-prophet-iconoclast Tony Campolo preach at the New Baptist Covenant II meeting, that multiracial effort at affecting…
HERITAGE: Big day at two churches
It was a crisp, cool, cloudless day on Oct. 2 for the 125th anniversary celebration at Big Island Baptist Church in Bedford County, Va. The distinctive temple-like church building had been spruced up for the big day. The menfolks had…
High school students have chance to explore religion in 2012 campaign
WASHINGTON — Teenagers are being offered an opportunity to engage what has emerged as one of the most vexing questions in the 2012 presidential campaign: Is it fair to evaluate a candidate by his or her religious faith? The Religious…
St. Louis ‘Covenant’ event opens with worship, ends with ministry
ST. LOUIS — The regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant II hosted by St. Luke Memorial Baptist Church in St. Louis began with a spirited worship service and an estimated crowd of about 500 on Nov. 17 and concluded…