April 16, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Rising Power
of self-expression is becoming a central part of faith.
Items of Interest
April 9, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Gloria Galloway, David Yount, Matt Hannon
THE NUMBER OF CHAPLAINS
within the Canadian military has increased faster than the recruitment within the forces themselves, as the service attempts to address increasing stress faced by its soldiers, sailors, and airmen.
March 26, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Michelle S. Keller, Greg Watts, Renee K. Gadoua
Occasionally, readers ask why a particular subject was covered on these pages.
March 19, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Tom Regan, Tim Funk
A POLL OF 28,000 PEOPLE Carried out for the BBC World Service found that a majority of surveyants from around the globe believe the main causes of problems between the West and Islam are not based on religious but political and economic factors.
March 12, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Carrie Whitaker, Grant Slater
WHEN TIM SPOLETI became a mentor, it changed his life.
March 5, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Tim Johnson, George Barna
SOME 140 YEARS AGO,
a Methodist missionary with a flowing beard stepped aboard a sampan in coastal China and held on firmly as boatmen steered up the Min River, poling and rowing past rapids that almost splintered the vessel.
February 26, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Tom Bawden, Dan Sabbagh
AN ESTIMATED 27 MILLION PEOPLE are living in slavery today.
February 19, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Richard N. Ostling, Steve Bray, Christie Storm
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT of key religious developments is the ongoing, inexorable shift of Christianity's population and dynamism away from the West and toward a markedly different style in developing nations of the "Global South.
February 12, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from David Dorsey, James Buescher
ABOUT ONE-THIRD
of [National Football League] players openly celebrate their Christian faith, according to The Christian Science Monitor, but they encounter just one problem.
February 5, 2007
ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Bill Sherman, Kim Shippey
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN CHURCHES have joined together to pray nonstop for Tulsa and the state during 2007, Oklahoma's centennial year.