MC News
Super Sunday is all about putting our faith into action by touching people’s lives in service to them and our community. On this coming weekend Door Creek Church will be canceling ALL normal services and gathering for one joint service at 10:00 a.m. at the Monona Terrace. Read more of this story.
Not long after he became the presumed Republican nominee, John McCain flew to New Orleans to face a skeptical audience — conservative leaders of the Council for National Policy.A questioner zeroed in on a topic McCain rarely addresses on the campaign trail, asking him to explain his faith in God.Read more of this story. Getting to Know John McCain – Wall Street Journal McCain’s Christian Problem – Robert Novak
COMMENTARYA number of explorers have laid claim to discovering Noah’s Ark, usually on or near Mount Ararat in Turkey. But each always finds something different. Obviously, logic dictates that they can’t all be right—and most must be wrong. Churches and Christian conferences have hosted speakers who tell fantastic tales—in fact, too fantastic. Time after time we have realized that their discoveries have as much historical value as The Da Vinci Code. As much as we would like to believe them, their claims remain speculative and unproven.Read more of this commentary.
NEWS RELEASEAs people in our families age, we all face new questions, have new concerns and look for answers to create a safe, comfortable future. With those goals in mind, the Human Concerns Committee of Blessed Sacrament Parish, 2116 Hollister Avenue, Madison, with sponsorship from the Office of Justice and Pastoral Outreach of the Diocese, presents outstanding speakers on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All Madison area residents are invited.
COMMENTARYThe conversation took place a couple of weeks ago at the Care of Creation booth at "Green Day", an Earthday event in Madison. I had already had dozens of conversations that had ranged from curiosity ("Really? A Christian organization here???") to congratulations ("Thanks for being here…"). But this guy was different. To start with, he towered over me, and I’m not short. And he was so emotional he almost couldn’t speak.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Citing widespread confusion about what it means to be an "evangelical," a group of Christian leaders issued a manifesto proposing to define the identity and commitments of evangelical Christians.Appearing at a Washington, D.C., news conference May 7, the group unveiled "An Evangelical Manifesto" and invited other Christians and people of other faiths to engage in dialogue about what it means to follow Christ.Read more of this story. Evangelical Statement on Faith, Politics Stirs Up Religious Right – Associated PressEvangelicals Set Record Straight on Image ProblemYou Call This a Manifesto? – Wall Street JournalRead the Manifesto
Not too many rock bands include Super Bowl champions in their ranks. But Hunter Smith, punter for the Indianapolis Colts, is finding much success with his Christian rock/worship band, Connersvine.Read more of this story.
MADISON — Wisconsin’s Catholic bishops have issued a pastoral letter strongly affirming the value of scientific research and endorsing the practice of stem cell research when it does not involve the destruction of human embryos.Read more of this story.
The people of Africa and Asia are more than faces in a National Geographic magazine to David and Tina Lippiatt of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. They have stolen their hearts. The words of Proverbs 31 reverberate in their thinking and drive their vision: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”Read more of this story.
Sister Muriel Curran faced the man who shoved her to the ground and ripped away her purse three years ago. She quoted Scripture. She thanked him for the guilty plea that spared her a trial. And she asked a Baltimore County judge not to send him to prison.Read more of this story.