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Former Madison resident Larry Mykytiuk has written the cover story in the March/April issue of Biblical Archaeology Review: “50 Real People of the Bible Confirmed by Archaeology.” The article is based on Mykytiuk’s PhD research at the University of Wisconsin Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1998.
Just a few weeks after his election last spring, Pope Francis stunned papal observers by washing the feet of two women during a Holy Week ritual.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker believes he can do all things through Christ, but an atheist group charges that he cannot do all things through Christ on his official social media platforms. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has demanded Walker remove posts from his official Facebook and Twitter feeds that read, “Philippians 4:13.”
A low-income apartment project that was rejected by Madison’s elected officials but supported by state and federal housing programs is now being built on Madison’s east side. Eagle Harber Apartments is being developed by Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County and will provide affordable housing for up to 36 families. The official groundbreaking ceremony was held this past Sunday, March 23, 2013.
The success of Alex and Stephen Kendrick has inspired legions of Christians to tell their faith-friendly stories on film — well, video at least. And one couple who responded — Brookfield native Diane Peterson and her husband, Scott — screened their first film for a Wisconsin audience last week. The Petersons aren’t banking on the breakout success of the Kendrick brothers. But like that duo, they are evangelists for their faith and hope to pursue that mission through cinema.
A seminary student’s request for the leader of The Episcopal Church (TEC) to come and witness unity between U.S. Anglican conservatives and progressives instead prompted a public wave of disunity—which has now been ironically (albeit tragically) tempered by the student’s unexpected death. Terry Star and two other students at Nashotah House, a theologically conservative Anglo-Catholic seminary in Wisconsin, had asked the seminary to invite Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori to “come and see ACNA (Anglican Church in North America) and [TEC] in harmony” because she had once advised them not to attend the seminary, Nashotah dean Edward Salmon told the…
My first radio job in Madison included recording news feeds from field reporters and community leaders, including some commentaries from the Rev. Richard Pritchard, who died this week at the age of 100. That was my first contact with the spiritual leader who was the conscience of the community for much of his long life.
Charonne and Kevin Ganiere never really pictured themselves as foster parents. They’d always talked about adopting, maybe when their two small sons were older. But they couldn’t envision bringing children into their lives, loving them as their own and then letting them go — back to their biological parents or an adoptive family. It just seemed too painful. That was then. Today, the Ganieres are parents to five children younger than 10, including three toddlers welcomed through the local foster care system, with no guarantees that they will be able to adopt them. Devout Christians, the Germantown couple see their…
Madison’s Brat Fest, billed as the World’s Largest Brat Fest, is growing into a regional Memorial Day attraction. Among the developments announced today was the addition of a Christian music stage for the 2014 festival and a Sunday morning commmunity worship service.Brat Fest director Tim Metcalfe met with about 50 local pastors and Christian business leaders for breakfast this morning and unveiled details of a number of developments that will make Brat Fest a much larger annual celebration for the Memorial Day weekend. Of highest interest was the connection to the mid-July Christian music festival that has been held at…
Thrivent Financial released its new logo Monday, dropping “for Lutherans” as the tradition-bound organization undergoes a seismic shift to open membership to all Christians. The updated logo also simplifies what was a twisting heart-shaped symbol to more clearly depict a red heart with a cross in it. The new tagline: “Connecting faith & finances for good.”