Posted by Anne McCrady
In case you haven’t heard, there is a debate rumbling in American evangelical circles about what constitutes “the great moral issues of the day.” With the presidential race heating up and the Republican party struggling to find its way forward, the Religious Right is jockeying to decide what should matter most to its constituency. (more…)
Posted by Anne McCrady
This morning was one of those days when I woke up with a sense of needing more than ever to make a difference in the world. Rising early, I decided to try to connect with people who use the internet as their call for help. Surfing Technorati, reading blog after blog of entries of folks I don’t know, I could almost hear people speaking their concerns out loud, like having a receiver tuned to the disparate voices in the digital cosmos.
One thing became perfectly obvious: there are a lot of folks who need to share their burdens: death, disappointment, failure, loneliness, inability to change, sickness, heartache, fear. Reading their very honest and open posts, I wanted to reach out to each one to lend encouragement or say the best thing we can say to one another, “Me too.” (more…)
Posted by Anne McCrady
With religious differences over lifestyles a continuing saga in this country, with religion at the center of most of the violent conflicts in the world and with a new round of presidential debates scheduled for next week, there is new talk about how the presidential candidates are each incorporating the issue of religion into their campaigns. (more…)
