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Barbara Bush’s old-fashioned religion
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(RNS) — Barbara Bush seemed to embody the virtues of womanhood promoted in 20th-century American Protestantism: loyalty, duty and family.
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No integrity for Trump’s evangelical disciples. Sad!
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(RNS) — Conservative Christians blame Hollywood and liberals and everyone but themselves. But they are the ones who brought vulgarity, adultery and a porn star into my family’s home.
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What baseball can learn from religion
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(RNS) — The world of religion offers clues to the causes and consequences of the present troubles. It also suggests what it will take to revive the great American pastime.
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Billy Graham should not lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda
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(RNS) — The cause that Graham served with longevity and distinction is evangelical Protestantism, not the United States of America.
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Why I kept my questions for the Rev. James Martin to myself
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(RNS) — After his talk, I hoped to ask Father Martin to say more about his pastoral recommendations for LGBT Catholics.
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Brownback deserved more Democratic support
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(RNS) — I would not vote for Sam Brownback. I certainly did not vote for the president who nominated him.
But we need to get back to common sense and common decency. Democrats: Sam Brownback is not your enemy.
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Where are mainline Protestants on abortion?
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(RNS) — While abortion is often portrayed as a binary issue, with religious people against it and secular people for it, the truth is much more complicated.
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Notre Dame, contraception and a better conversation about sex
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(RNS) — In a surprising reversal, Notre Dame decided last week that allowing its health insurer to provide free contraceptives to female students and workers does not, after all, impinge on its religious liberty. So how sincere was the legal argument to begin with?
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Gun massacres: Why aren’t more churches telling the truth?
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(RNS) — The simple truth is that, while no law can prevent a specific mass shooting, commonsense measures can make them less likely overall. This is not debatable. Truth-telling churches should proclaim this loudest of all!
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LGBT-affirming Christians are more emboldened than ever
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(RNS) — ‘A spate of recent events suggests that LGBT-affirming voices within religious communities are more emboldened and confident than ever,’ writes Jacob Lupfer. (COMMENTARY)
Opinion
Who cares for the pastor’s spouse?
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(RNS) — Clergy spouses make a profound and unique commitment to their faith. Yet far too often, they struggle in isolation and silence, writes Jacob Lupfer.
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A faith to weather the storm
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WASHINGTON (RNS) — One little-known fact about American religious communities is that many are mobilized for immediate disaster relief.
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Eugene Peterson reminds us: The Christian LGBT debate is far from over
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(RNS) — For opinionated elites, he has simultaneously been a hero and a villain in the same week. But for everyday Christians reading about the controversy, Eugene Peterson is exactly where they are: confused, conflicted, and torn.
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A media firestorm elevates a false narrative of Southern Baptist racism
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(RNS) The resolution condemning white nationalism passed easily in the convention’s closing session, to thunderous applause from the floor.
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Bernie Sanders, the unwitting star of liberal cluelessness on religion
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(RNS) We cannot banish half the population from the public square because they believe their religion is right and others’ are wrong.