By Jeff Brumley A two-day conference beginning Sunday, April 21, in Dayton, Ohio, seeks to dispel the notion that science and faith are natural enemies and to prove that acceptance of evolution and the Big Bang theory are compatible with…
What breaks apart comes together
By Michael Poole Recently, researchers completed a meticulous survey of the San Andreas Fault. They identified detailed features that point to imminent danger. It’s strange how things break apart, spew and spit, quiver and quake, only to then get back…
What breaks apart comes together
By Michael Poole Recently researchers completed a meticulous survey of the San Andreas Fault. They identified detailed features that point to imminent danger. It’s strange how things break apart, spew and spit, quiver and quake, only to then get back…
Your own personal Jesus
“Any time. Any place. Any race.”
Resurrection hurts
By Amy Butler In what must have been a slow news week, I saw a story last week about those iconic Easter candy chicks, Peeps. It seems that about 5 million Peeps are made each day in the months leading…
Experiencing the Risen Christ
By Molly T. Marshall The scent of lilies and the return of “alleluias” means that Easter has arrived, and we are reflecting on those tender encounters of the Risen Christ with his followers. Whether unrecognized in a garden, recognized in…
Medicare, end of life and living our theology
Medicare is consistently a wedge issues for both sides of the political spectrum. The issue becomes even more controversial in the reality that more than 30 percent of the cost of Medicare comes in the last year of life. Unfortunately…
Forgiving Judas
By Miguel De La Torre Lately I have been rethinking Judas — history’s ultimate villain. Dante in Canto XXXIV places Judas in the Ninth Circle — the deepest realm of the Inferno. Under his feet are the most evil of…
Easter thinking
By Roger Lovette Every Easter the memory comes back. I had a chance to see the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany, several years ago. The play opened with Jesus riding into Jerusalem for the last time. The play ended with…