I want to thank you for running the very interesting interview Ann Dwyer did with local author Jim Stacey. Christianity has brought a lot of joy and meaning into people's lives for many centuries. It has inspired great poetry and works of art. It has provided a vocabulary for people ...
Many Catholic churches are named after a saint, and many of those churches celebrate the feast day of their namesake with a celebration of Mass. But St. Mary Student Parish has developed a unique and inspiring way to celebrate the feast day of St. Mary — Mass followed by community ...
Tonight, (Thursday night, February 3, 2011) as Dr. Frank Turek delivers a talk in the University of Michigan’s Modern Language Building, I’ll be far far away. It’s an apologetics talk entitled, “I Don’t Have Faith Enough to be an Atheist,” and the concept of it scares me to death. Not ...
I recently had an opportunity to view La Mama, a fascinating documentary by Jody Hammond about Mother Antonia Brenner, a twice-divorced Beverly Hills matron with seven children who at the age of 50 became a nun and spent the next 30 years of her life ministering inside La Mesa Penitentiary ...
This year, many in Ann Arbor will celebrate our local religious diversity and freedom through community service, discussion, and learning about other faiths as they mark Religious Freedom Day on Jan. 16. While these activities affirm respect and inclusion, they come in response to bigotry and harassment. When Bryan Weinert ...
Conservative estimates suggest that a fourth of the students at the University of Michigan are Roman Catholic. In terms of total numbers, that means there are as many or more Catholic students at U-M than at some of the well known, but much smaller Catholic universities, such as the University ...
The Barna Group, a research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture, released an overview of their 2010 survey and interview research. Barna found several key patterns indicating, despite typically slow progress in church culture, that "the religious environment in the U.S. is morphing into something new." The ...
Oprah Winfrey seems to have taken a keen interest in the local Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist community. In February, Lisa Ling profiled "a day in the life of nuns," on the Oprah show as shown in this video clip. On Tuesday, the Dominican Sisters community will ...
This Sunday, Nov. 14, the New Life Church is hosting one of its signature events: Friends Sunday. It is a day when the church seems to double in size, as members are encouraged to invite as many friends as possible to either the 9:29 or 11:11 a.m. services. While it ...
This week in the video blog, pastors Bob and Darcy respond to a viewer's question about how the Bible came to be. It's an important question, as its implications deal with the authority of scripture: where that came from and how inerrant or powerful that authority is. The processes by ...
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist community has signed an agreement to purchase the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center property in Washington, DC to be used as a House of Studies for the rapidly growing Roman Catholic convent in Ann Arbor Township. The agreement is currently ...
A new nationwide survey from The Barna Group found a majority of Americans believe the Christian faith has made positive contributions to American society in the last few years, including assistance to the poor or underprivileged. However, according to the report, 11 percent said Christianity "had not made any positive ...
Reverend Larry Mattis was prepared to welcome a guest speaker at the harvest celebration and luncheon at his church last Sunday. But he didn’t know the primary focus of the celebration was to honor his 37-year tenure at Briarwood Baptist Church in northeast Ann Arbor, along with 57 years of ...
This week we venture into the ever-debated topic of tithing. Tithing is the religious practice of giving 10 percent of your income per year to the temple or today, the church. To answer one question off the bat, the Bible doesn't exactly mandate whether that is before or after taxes. ...
The Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor located at 2275 Platt Rd. in Ann Arbor will be having its annual Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 5-7pm. Free admission! All are welcome, costumes are optional, but nothing scary please. There will be lots of fun activities for the children including ...
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