Cable news stations…were reporting Palin as McCain’s pick before the senator gave Pawlenty a courtesy call…After he hung up, Pawlenty writes, he decided to take his dog for a walk. “As I put the little bag over my hand and bent down to pick up her poop, I thought to myself, well, this is the... Continue Reading

A few of the country’s smaller religious groups, including Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Jews, have greater numerical representation in Congress than in the general Many analysts described the November 2010 midterm elections as a sea change, with Republicans taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives and narrowing the Democratic majority in the Senate. But this... Continue Reading

While Scalia said that sometimes Constitutional interpretation can be difficult, especially when the intent of the original framers isn’t clear, he said that some issues are abundantly clear, such as whether or not there is a constitutional right to abortion. In a recent interview with California Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated that abortion... Continue Reading

William Liam Goligher has been nominated to be the senior pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia by the Pastor Search Committee. Dr. Goligher is presently pastor of Duke Street Church in the London area; he announced the prospective call to his congregation on Sunday, January 2. The Tenth Presbyterian Church congregation is expected to... Continue Reading

In the days ahead I hope to work with the elders toward a plan for Bethlehem’s long-term future, including a succession plan for my leadership in the next few years. My deep desire and firm commitment is to stay at this post long enough to see Bethlehem on a solid footing when I am no... Continue Reading

Kass believed the policy would pass the ethical test, Bush writes, as long as Bush did two things: 1) make it clear the dignity of human life of the embryos had been violated, and, 2) make clear no further federal funding would be allowed. In his new book, former President George W. Bush provides a... Continue Reading

Steve Moses is a Southern Baptist minister and has been on active duty in the U. S. Navy as a Chaplain since 1994. He is currently serving as the Deputy Force Chaplain (a supervisory position) for Marine Forces in the Pacific; his office is in Hawaii. Here is his personal account (from his Facebook page)... Continue Reading

Brian Kelso, pastor of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Southwest Ranches, Florida (near Fort Lauderdale) lost parts of both feet to malaria after spending months doing earthquake relief in Haiti, but he’s returning to the country in January to launch an orphanage. Longtime missionary Brian Kelso will return to Haiti in January, this time... Continue Reading

Starr’s success in winning the Baylor community over is at least partly due to his upbeat, disarming personality and his deep religious convictions that are in tune with those generally held at Baylor. Meet Ken Starr, fun guy. No, really. Most of the world knows him as the Whitewater prosecutor, the man whose zealous investigation... Continue Reading

Do you look to your faith for how you deal with foreign policy? I just ask for guidance. I can remember in difficult times, like when things were really bad in Iraq, I would say…”Lord, can you somehow show us a way out of this?” That’s how I think about it, not specific answers to... Continue Reading