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Children’s team launches Switzerland partnership

Interlaken, a beautiful city nestled between two lakes in the Alpine region of Switzerland, was the setting for the International Baptist Convention's annual summer assembly July 5-11. It was a special occasion as the IBC celebrated its 50th anniversary and…

EDITORIAL: Pewboy gets the message

Pewboy is in the driveway washing the mud off his pickup while Altarego witnesses the transformation from the shade. He is trying unsuccessfully to ignore the chatter of his companion. Pewboy is quite impressed that the South Carolina legislature unanimously…

A solitary journey

GENEVA, Switzerland — The visitor climbs the steep hillside paved with unforgiving cobblestones and follows the looming image of Saint-Pierre Cathedral, the church of John Calvin. Located hard by the cathedral is an imposing three-story mansion of classical architecture. It…

OUT LOUD

“Closing a church leaves the feeling, for some of us anyway, that we have failed in the legacy entrusted to us. But creating a means to train candidates for the pastorate somehow lessens the feelings of failure and provides a…

The SBC’s snubbing

I am writing in response to your recent editorial regarding the lack of appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention from Baptist General Association of Virginia [“SBC continues its snub of the BGAV,” Herald, July 10]. The continued snubbing is neither…

Alabama memories

When I read about Aunt Ida meeting that hard Baptist [“Aunt Ida meets at hard Baptist,” Herald, July 24], it brought back so many memories of when I was a teenager in Alabama. I was about 14 when we moved…

Thanks for the bees

One of the last places I expected to find an article about the demise of the honeybee was the Religious Herald [“To bee or not to bee,” Herald, July 24]. But it was a pleasant surprise! And I think the…

FAITHSHAPERS: Tricky Topics: Prayer

Our daughter Abby is starting to scare us. We thought she would unquestioningly believe everything we told her for several more years, but no such luck. She learned to thank God for things as we say our prayers at bed…

‘God 1, Sports 0’ sounds like good score to Jersey pastors

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (RNS) — It is a weekly ordeal at Pastor Donald Mossa's church. The moment the youth choir sings its last note, a swarm of parents descends to rush their kids to soccer games. Or they call to…

Faith in the face of uncertainty: Religious giving tops $100 billion

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Giving to religious charities and congregations passed the $100 billion mark for the first time in 2007, according to a recent report by the Giving USA Foundation. Giving to religious groups increased 4.7 percent, bringing the total…

What honors a soldier most — faith traditions or military regs?

ARLINGTON (RNS) — Strik-ing symmetry marks the rolling green hills of Arlington National Cemetery — rows upon rows of identical white limestone markers, perfectly spaced in every direction. But underground, Muslims are laid to rest on their right side, facing…

FAITH DIGEST

McCain, Obama to meet at church. In a direct effort to court people of faith, John McCain and Barack Obama will make their first joint appearance of the presidential campaign at California pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children