Larry Woiwode's peripatetic life.

There is shocking news from the journalist E Benjamin Skinner slavery is very much alive in our day A 1999 study estimated that there were then 27 million slaves worldwide This claim motivated Skinner to infiltrate trafficking networks and slave trades in Godforsaken places and interview the sla

Matthew tells a story about a non-Jewish woman who sought a cure from Jesus His initial response to her helps define what we know of Jesus purpose on earth namely the appeal to his own people to repent so as to pass the final judgment and enter into eternal happiness Only at the end of the G

The draft language of the Democratic platform was released and strangely both pro-choice radicals and pro-life Democrats claimed victory in how the text treated abortion How can that be And who will be proven right Writing in Slate com feminist Linda Hirschman was delighted that the Democrats h

An inflatable church on a beach on the Adriatic coast of Italy is proving a hit with sunseekers The BBC has the story - with an explanation by a priest of what s it all about Video clip here The 30-foot chiesa gonfiabile -- the style is not exactly Baroque -- is the idea of street-evangelising

Daniel went to his mother demanding a new bicycle for Christmas Danny we can t afford it she said so write a letter to Jesus and pray for one instead Dear Jesus I ve been a good boy this year and would appreciate a new bicycle Your Friend Daniel Now Danny guessed that Jesus really

An interesting follow-up to the previous post on the 8-years-old correspondence which came to light days ago which charted the Archbishop of Canterbury s evolving views on homosexuality Leading bishops in the Church of England have published a letter in the London Times defending Dr Williams and

Cambridge MA It is already nearly the middle of August and soon the new academic year will be upon us So it is time to finish the four-part series I began in May based on my spring seminar at Harvard on Pata ntilde jali rsquo s Yoga Sutras studied carefully but also read in light of Ignatiu

Just as Dr Rowan Williams heads off for some well-earned rest after saving the nbsp Anglican Communion nbsp letters have come to light which chart his changing position on the gay question more than 20 years ago An evangelical Christian in Wales with whom he corresponded on the issue of homosexual