Adam Clayton Powell called it “cheap grace,” but we might call it “cheap atonement”: the effort by sinners to select which sins to acknowledge and repent.
Pope Benedict ended his heavily protested visit to England…
This summer, the pope rested at Castel Gandalfo, his traditional summer retreat, urging attention to spiritual priorities, while the Vatican newspaper stayed focused firmly on earthly matters — the legal reforms recently approved in response to the current crisis in the church.
While Protestant churches like the Presbyterian Church USA have their annual gatherings in the summer, the institutional Roman Catholic Church, with no such meetings to worry about, uses the season to issue documents from on high. According to
Younger people are surrounded by vivid and accessible myths, like Avatar, that have taken the place of the Bible’s traditional role in providing the framework and role models for our lives.
