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Ministry in America

September 28, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 8

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The Word
John W. MartensSeptember 16, 2015

In his teaching on divorce Jesus claims that the circumstances that allowed for divorce in the Mosaic law were due to the ldquo hardness of heart rdquo of human beings after the fall These laws were conditional Jesus says not God rsquo s intent ldquo from the beginning of creation rdquo Jes

(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David SullivanSeptember 16, 2015

Shows that stayed away from anything controversial would be pointless in 2015.

Columns
James T. KeaneSeptember 16, 2015

But what can escape the outrage censors when everything is an outrage?

Current Comment
The EditorsSeptember 16, 2015

Unions struggling to organize workers will now be able to bargain with the parent company that is ultimately calling the shots.

Of Other Things
Bill McGarveySeptember 16, 2015

Metrics and efficiency have become the lifeblood of our technocracy.

Students tour San Gabriel Mission in early May in San Gabriel, Calif. The fourth-grade California history curriculum looks at the social, political, cultural and economic life of the mission period. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
Signs Of the Times

California Catholic leaders plan to revamp church curriculum and museum programs on the California mission system to present more accurately the history, the perspective of California Indians and the missions’ impact on Indian life. The initiative is part of a larger program of the California

SAFE AT LAST? Syrian refugee children covered with dust arrive on Sept. 10 at the Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq, near Amman, Jordan.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeSeptember 16, 2015

The Obama administration announced on Sept. 10 that it would seek to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees during the next fiscal year in response to a growing crisis that has shocked consciences around the world. That number would reflect a significant increase from the 1,293 admitted in fiscal year 2015, b