Weblog: Former RCA Seminary President Suspended from Ministry
Plus: Evangelicals aren't all the same, Billy in NYC, Ralph Reed, Terri Schiavo, religious freedom and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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Education:
God and country | A college that trains young Christians to be politicians. (The New Yorker)
St. Leo offers degree in pastoral studies | Saint Leo University has launched a part-time graduate program to better prepare lay Catholics and other Christians for paid or volunteer work as youth ministers, church deacons, religious educators, hospital chaplains and counselors. (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)
Literature class opens the Bible | Public school offers nonreligious course (Union-Tribune, San Diego)
Seminary leaders abide — until now | Presidents of Luther, United mark retirements this month (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)
People:
Resurrection of Megadeth | Three years ago, Dave Mustaine was looking at a future without a guitar. The founder and creative spark of American metal band Megadeth had suffered nerve damage to his left arm and hand from a compressed radial nerve, and the prognosis was not good. So for 16 months, Mustaine didn't pick up a guitar - devoting himself to physical therapy (a training regimen that he described as "gruesome"), spending time with his wife and two children and embracing a new commitment to Christianity. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Grandson of former Greek king christened | The youngest grandson of Greece's former king, Constantine, was christened in Athens, surrounded by European royalty. Odysseas Kimon, the 9-month-old fourth child of Constantine's son, Pavlos, was baptized Saturday at the Church of the Convent of St. John the Baptist. The service was attended by Queen Sophia of Spain, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and Denmark's Princess Alexandra Sayn Wittgenstein. (Associated Press)
Paul Abrecht, 87, church ethicist, dies | The Rev. Paul Abrecht, an ethicist who, under the auspices of the World Council of Churches, took a leading role in formulating mainstream Christianity's response to modern ethical challenges for more than three decades, died on May 21 at his home in Geneva. He was 87. (The New York Times)
He's now singing the gospel in heaven | Artist Ronald Winans will be remembered as a sweet, gentle man who could 'rip up a stage' (Detroit News)
'She's prepared us well' | 'Rev. Roberta' completes her service at Sterling UU (Washington Post)
After Idi Amin, the Church of England isn't so frightening | It's a curious boast, but the black cleric appointed last week to the second-highest office in the Church of England takes pride in having sent innocent people to jail as a young magistrate under Idi Amin, the Ugandan tyrant. It was a ploy by John Sentamu, Downing Street's choice as Archbishop of York, to save the accused from summary execution. (Times, London)
More articles of interest:
Divine inspiration | Carol Schuller Milner blends science and faith in her production about life's origin. (OCRegister)
Some S. Florida companies use religious themes to sell products and services | Whether it's catchy Bible verses, Christian fish on business cards or a company posting a Web site page in Hebrew, companies are using religious themes and associations to sell products and services that have no connection to religion at all. (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Fla.)
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