For a young company, Constellation Theatre sure can feel old. Its current offering, a revival of George Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man,” is the kind of unremarkable production you’d expect to encounter in the repertory of a fussy little troupe in some provincial outpost where the pastor’s bored wife needs a pastime. Read full article > >
The weekend of Jan. 8 was a rough one at New Creation Church in Silver Spring. Someone broke in and stole 40,000 pennies , many donated by children who wanted to give them to the needy. Later, an intruder attacked a pastor in the basement, punching him in the face before fleeing. From the start, Montgomery County detectives thought they were dealing with the same suspect. As of Tuesday they still did, even though the case isn’t as sewn up as they would like it to be. Police announced the arrest of Noe Guillen-Velasquez, 22, of Silver Spring. They said he assaulted the pastor. He was being held Tuesday on $50,000 bond. Read full article > >
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The Florida Church Pastor whose Koran-burning last month inspired a mob of protesters in Afghanistan to launch a deadly attack on the country’s U.N. headquarters on Friday issued a statement saying the attack was “a very tragic and criminal incident”…
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Jones Condemns Afghan U.N. Attack
Among conservative Protestant denominations, there is often a requirement — whether clearly stated or implicit — that the pastor be married, ideally with children.
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With Few Jobs, an Unmarried Pastor Points to Bias
President Barack Obama Thursday formally named a yet-to-be-built federal courthouse in Yuma, Arizona, in honor of Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, who was slain last month in the Tucson shooting . Construction of the courthouse that will bear his name will begin this summer and be completed by 2013. The Arizona Republic reported that the judge himself approved the design for the new building shortly before he was killed. It’s a nice gesture by the White House. It’s an easy call. But Judge Roll did not die in that supermarket last month because of a new courthouse in Yuma. He died because he went to talk with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her staff about the ” judicial emergency ” that exists in the state today caused by the failure of the Senate and the White House to fill judicial vacancies in Arizona (there are now three state-wide and two in Tucson itself). He died, working on a Saturday morning, for more judges to be appointed by Washington to handle the huge caseload in Tucson and other parts of the state. That is how the Congress and the Obama administration ought to memorialize a judge who gave his last full measure of devotion to a worthy cause. The White House should promptly fill those empty benches in Arizona with earnest, honest nominees. And the Senate should move quickly to confirm those candidates. You can hold court in any old building, after all, but you can’t hold court without a judge. Image credit: President Barack Obama signs the John M. Roll US Courthouse Bill, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. Among those watching, from left are, Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. unidentified, Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., and Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. By AP/Charles Dharapak.
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The Right Way to Honor Judge John Roll
Eric Metaxas, whose best-selling biography of William Wilberforce, Amazing Grace, provided the framework for an important motion picture, is now out with a thick review of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and theologian who played a key role in one of the attempts to kill Adolf Hitler. I put six questions to Metaxas about Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: . . .
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SCOTT HORTON—Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Six Questions for Eric Metaxas
Williams have announced that GP2 champion Pastor Maldonado will replace Nico Hulkenberg for the 2011 season.
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Maldonado gets Williams race seat
Remember the pastor who told church members to delete their Facebook accounts lest they fall into temptation with old flames? He apparently doesn’t have much room to talk: Rev. Cedric Miller has admitted that he had a three-way sexual affair with his…
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Facebook-Banning Pastor Had Three-Way
Florida Pastor Terry Jones arrives in New York City with hopes to meet the imam of the planned Islamic community centre, as the US marks nine years since the 9/11 bombings.
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Controversial Pastor arrives in NY
The US prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks the pastor in the ‘Koran burning’ row arrives in New York.
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US prepares for 9/11 anniversary
Plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran have been called off, the pastor said Friday, apparently seeking to end confusion over what he intends to do.
The US commander in Afghanistan warns troops’ lives will be at risk if a Florida church goes ahead with its plan to throw copies of the Koran into a bonfire, but the pastor behind the stunt defends it.
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Petraeus warns over Koran burning
SCOTT HORTON—Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Six Questions for Eric Metaxas
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
