Instead of the romp described in its trailer, Where the Wild Things Are offers a quiet, moving story Megan Basham You could certainly be forgiven for assuming that director Spike Jonze’s new film, Where the Wild Things Are (rated PG for action and mild language), is an adventure movie intended to capture the hearts of... Continue Reading

Rabbi Yaacov Menken Belmont Abbey College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in North Carolina, serving nearly 1500 students. It was founded in 1876 by the monks of the Belmont Abbey, a monastery of the Benedictine Order. The school mission is “to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all... Continue Reading

This coming Saturday, October 24th, South Carolina Episcopalians will gather in suburban Charleston to respond to the actions of the 2009 General Convention. Resolutions to be considered will be presented by the Bishop and the Standing Committee. As a special convention with a limited agenda, there will be no provision for resolutions from the floor.... Continue Reading

Taybeh, West Bank (ENI). There was barely a knackwurst sausage, Wiener schnitzel, sauerkraut, or accordion and tuba in sight. Yet the tantalising smell of grilled meats wafted through the air and the music of a traditional dabkeh dance performed on the stage blasted through loudspeakers as the West Bank’s Taybeh village celebrated its fifth annual... Continue Reading

By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The nation’s Catholic bishops have threatened to pull their support for health care reform unless their concerns about abortion and access for immigrants are addressed by lawmakers. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which supports universal access to health care as a “basic human right,” had been... Continue Reading

By Michelle A. Vu Christian Post Reporter Leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals have issued several clarifications on the group’s stance on immigration reform in the days since it released its resolution on the issue. [Editor’s note: the original URL (link) referenced in this article is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.]... Continue Reading

The Susquehanna Valley Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America has desired for a number of years to establish a church and church planting movement in Reading, that will proclaim the grace of the Lord Jesus and bring the transforming love of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Christ Presbyterian Church in Reading is that... Continue Reading

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, now approaching 90 and still one of the world’s most controversial religious figures, is handing over day-to-day control of his Unification Church to three U.S.-educated sons. There are some changes afoot in fundraising and boosting membership, the sons say. But Moon — who will preside... Continue Reading

Bible translation has always been painstaking, laborious work. It is not just the difficulty of the work itself; there are also the technical challenges translators face. In the old days each draft had to be typed manually—four or five times!—before the project was completed. And once the text had received final approval, the entire manuscript... Continue Reading

A dispute has broken out over the remains of Mother Teresa after Albania demanded that the nun’s bones should be returned to her ethnic homeland from India, where she spent most of her adult life and is buried. Sali Berisha, the Albanian Prime Minister, said on Saturday that his Government was seeking repatriation of Mother... Continue Reading