Creede Hinshaw
Contraceptive issue a complex one
The national health insurance plan has created another controversy with the Obama administration’s proposed rules mandating that charitable religious agencies (hospitals, colleges, etc.) provide preventative women’s health options (contraceptives, morning-after pills). Religious people with strong opinions are angry, indignant and inflexible. (Take the Quik Quiz by going to Creede Hinshaw's column.)
Don't be afraid to ask questions
I write in praise of asking questions. (Who asked the first question in the Bible? Click on Creede's column and take the quiz to find out.)
Tebow verbalizes his faith
What if your surname became so common — due to your behavior — that it became a verb?
Government officials need prayer, too
Do you pray for those who in serve in our government? At the dawn of what will prove to be a long year of focusing on government at every level, one of the most important things the ordinary citizen can do is to pray steadfastly and consistently for our leaders and those who seek to be leaders.
Angels come in so many forms
The Christmas story is replete with angels, those mysterious celestial beings known to Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Star shone brightly over Bethlehem
‘Tis the season when the Christian world remembers a star that shone brightly over a manger at Bethlehem, pointing the way for wise men from the east to pay homage to the newborn Jesus (Matthew 2).
A silent night isn’t easily found
Tony Perrottet recounts his hike to the floor of Maui’s Haleakala crater, a dormant Hawaiian volcano (“Into the Volcano,” Smithsonian, December 2011) where “... the silence is absolute.
No victors in church vs. church
A friend handed me a grocery bag full of accusations, suspicion and indignation last week.
Church fight more than brick and mortar
Earlier this week in Christ Church in Savannah et al. v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia the Georgia Supreme Court ruled decisively in favor of the Episcopal Church USA, perhaps bringing a long legal battle over the ownership of an historic Savannah church property to an imminent conclusion.
Government has no say in ordination
How would you like the federal government to help decide which men and women in your faith community are worthy to be ordained or have their ordination rescinded?
Protest puts church in sticky situation
What happens when the British protest version of Occupy Wall Street pitch their tents outside one of the wealthiest churches in London?
Churches observe Reformation Sunday
Listening to Martin Luther’s famous hymn “Ein Feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress),” I remember the courageous, larger-than-life priest and theologian who nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, on All Hallows’ Eve, Oct. 31, 1517.
Church in perilous times in Egypt
The news out of Egypt this week concerning Muslim-Christian relationships is not good.
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