Worldview: Community Service
We drive for an hour or more in a beatup minivan, inching past multicolored buses, Mayan women carrying loaded baskets, children and skinny dogs. Painted signs assault us—ads for Coke, cell phones, Burge...
Speaking — & Listening — in a Facebook Age
Late in the evening of the presidential election last November, as Barack Obama addressed the nation for the first time in his role as President-elect, a Facebook (and real life) friend of mine named Brandon po...
Discipleship Is a Lifetime Job
When is a youth worker finished discipling a young person? I recently debated this question with peers at an urban ministry conference. Many said discipleship efforts could stop when a young person reached...
Sex Worker Art Show Coming to a Campus Near You
The “Sex Workers Art Show” returned for the fourth time to the campus of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, this week. Described by USA Today as an “eye-popping evening of visual and ...
Theologian Says Pope Isn’t the ‘Man for the Job’
A prominent Danish theologian, who is part of a commission set up to modernize the Vatican and the papacy, says that Pope Benedict XVI is out of touch with reality.Pope Benedict XVI is the wrong man for the job...
Contraception Pill Strictures Eased by Judge
A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to make the Plan B morning-after birth control pill available without prescription to women as young as 17. The judge ruled that the agency ha...
Notre Dame Sticking with Obama for Commence Address
The University of Notre Dame is sticking with its invitation to President Obama to speak at its May 17 commencement despite criticism from some Roman Catholics that his views on abortion and stem cell research ...
Muslim Complains to EOC for Lack of Hire
A Muslim student teacher has labelled a Christian school in Wyndham discriminatory for refusing her a position based on her religion. But Heathdale Christian College is standing by its decision, saying that as...
Schools Changing Schedules to Save Money
Schools are moving to four-day weeks, shortening the school year, staggering start times and making other schedule adjustments to save money. Some altered schedules to fill budget holes for this year. Others ...
Campus Ministry: The Changing Face of Evangelism
It can be a rough time for evangelism on campus. Books such as unChristian tell us most young people view Christians–especially those who evangelize–as intolerant folks who cram religion d...