By Jim Denison I am traveling in the Holy Land as you read this column. Taking study tours to Israel is one of the highlights of my work. Our group will visit Bethlehem, where we will see the site of…
The goal of Baptist-Catholic dialogue
By Steve Harmon Updating my Facebook status about being in England last week to participate in the final of current international theological conversations between the Baptist World Alliance and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity prompted a friend to respond:…
My Christmas surprise
By Roger Lovette Days ago we had our Christmas cards printed. On the card is a picture of my wife and me standing high on a hill overlooking Budapest, Hungary. Next is a picture of my wife and our daughter…
Surprises of 2010
By David Gushee Christmas draws near and 2010 comes to a close. For my year-end column, I offer scattered musings on what were, for me, some of the biggest surprises of 2010. In no particular order, I am surprised: —…
Review: ‘The Calling’ a hopeful portrait of religious leadership
By Eileen Campbell-Reed Becoming a pastor, priest, rabbi or imam is no simple matter. The Calling, a new four-hour documentary premiering on PBS, follows seven men and women on their paths to becoming religious leaders. Over the course of 18…
Were you there?
By Lacy Thompson “Does it look right?” “What?” he asks, without moving his eyes from the television screen. It is the football rivalry game of the year. “Do I have it right?” “Do you have what right?” “The nativity scene….
Where is our identity as Jesus’ disciples?
By Norman Jameson Between April and June 1994 an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days in a tribal, ethnic genocide that people outside of Rwanda still do not understand. Most of the dead were Tutsis…
Window washing and Advent
By David Wilkinson The window washers left our house at sunset last night with about 90 percent of the job done. Seems the rest is up to us: we can live with being mostly clean or we can finish the…
Review: Film depicts struggle for peace in modern Bethlehem
By Robert Wallace Serene manger scenes and Magi represent the extent of most American Christians’ understanding of Bethlehem. But EGM Films’ powerful new documentary, Little Town of Bethlehem, tells the story of a Bethlehem that doesn’t lie so still. The…