The upcoming Noah film made Hollywood headlines when the rains and flooding of Hurricane Sandy halted production and damaged the ark kept in Oyster Bay, NY. Noah film Star Emma Watson tweeted about the irony, and Russell Crowe (who plays the title character) even managed to need a Coast Guard rescue after kayaking too far out during a break […]
“Real World” Justin Welby Named the New Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby, the current Bishop of Durham, was named Friday as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England, and leader of the worldwide 77 million-member Anglican Communion. Welby was an oil executive for 11 years before leaving to train as a priest in 1987. Since then, many have described his rise […]
“Four More Years”: Taking Stock of the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
@BarackObama On Tuesday November 6, Barack Obama won a close Presidential race against Republican candidate Mitt Romney to return to office for a second term, or as Obama said himself in a tweet that has become the most re-tweeted tweet of all time, he will return for “Four more years.” People haven’t been shy about […]
Rachel Held Evans takes on “Biblical Womanhood”
Popular blogger, author, and speaker Rachel Held Evans has added a woman’s touch to the “Year in the life of” genre of books. Following the footsteps of A.J. Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically and Ed Dobson’s The Year of Living like Jesus, Evans took on flowing skirts and headscarves for her new release, A Year of Biblical […]
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
November is the calm before the Christmas storm. It is the month in which snow becomes the rule rather than the exception. And more recently, it has become the month in which men who shouldn’t have moustaches grow moustaches – for a good cause of course. However important and necessary these and other November related […]
The Book of Common Prayer after 350 years
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the final version of Thomas Cranmer’s Book of Common Prayer. Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, published the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, over 100 years before the Psalter was added in 1662 to complete the version we now have. The fact that […]
Winnipeg Police Chief Says Prayer Can Help Reduce Crime
Can prayer reduce crime? According to new Winnipeg police chief Devon Clunis, the answer is yes. In speaking with ChristianWeek earlier this month about Winnipeg’s notorious crime rates, Clunis remarked: “I’m a little tired of us… being ‘[the] murder capital of Canada… People consistently say, ‘How are you going to solve that?’ It’s not simply […]
Dinesh D’Souza Resigns and Misses the Point
Dinesh D’Souza is not one to shy away from public debate or controversy. The New York Times recently called D’Souza a “lightning rod” for his public profile as a conservative Evangelical and now as a filmmaker (D’Souza’s recent film 2016: Obama’s America has become the second highest grossing political documentary of all time, only behind […]
Arrests and Uncertainty Amidst Anti-Blasphemy Laws
Earlier this month two Coptic Egyptian boys — nine and ten years old — were arrested under anti-blasphemy laws for “insulting Islam.” They were accused of tearing up pages of the Qur’an, but in a public statement their father claims the children can’t read and were unaware of the papers’ significance. He says they found […]
Papyrus scrap says Jesus was married
A three-inch fragment of papyrus is reigniting an age-old debate — whether or not Jesus was married. Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, presented the fragment at the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies in Rome earlier this month. Its owner, a private collector, wishes to remain anonymous. The small fragment appears to have […]
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