The Joy of Providing Food
By Jim Patterson - Potatoes connect former NFL player Jason Brown and part-time nurse and mother-of-four Lindsey Whitley, though they don’t know each other. Whitley’s home in Indian Trail, North Carolina, is about 200 miles from Brown’s farm in Louisburg. Potatoes...
National Treasure
By Steve Beard - I spent the holidays with Dolly Parton. Well, not literally. Like everything else in 2020, it was all virtual – and it was a whirlwind. Throughout her rhinestone-studded career, Dolly has sold over 100 million albums, starred in countless movies and...
Archive: Re-Imagining and the Fair Name of Ecumenism
Archive: Re-Imagining and the Fair Name of Ecumenism By Geoffrey Wainwright We did not last night name the name of Jesus," said a participant in one of the worship services at the Minneapolis "Re- Imagining" Conference, and then more generally: "Nor have we done...
Archive: The Beauty of the Cross
Archive: The Beauty of the Cross By Alister E. McGrath Corporations spend huge sums of money on designing logos. Advertising agencies are hired to conceive a logo which will express the qualities that the corporation wants to be associated with it in the public mind....
Archive: Feminist Theology Examined
Archive: Feminist Theology Examined Sophia and the Bible by John Oswalt The recent proceedings at the "Re-Imagining" Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have been a cause of great concern throughout the mainline denominations. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of...
The Cult of Sophia
The Cult of Sophia By William R. Cannon March/April 1994 The cult of Sophia is the strangest phenomenon to arise in the church in this generation. In many ways it is reminiscent of the "God is Dead" movement of 30 or more years ago. There is, however, one major...
Archive: United Methodist Women Get Taste of Sophia Worship
Archive: United Methodist Women Get Taste of Sophia Worship by Dottie Chase A standing ovation for lesbians. A service of milk and honey to the goddess Sophia. A presentation denying the atonement of Jesus Christ. What is going on here? And why are there so many...
Archive: Wither the Seminaries?
Archive: Wither the Seminaries? by Riley Case The School of Theology at Claremont: Chung Hyung-Kyung, an Asian theologian who integrates Buddhism, Shamanism, Taoism, and Confucianism into a new Asian understanding of Christianity, receives a creative ministry award....
