February 1, 2006 Doing this work 'makes risks worth taking'

The news of the four Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) members abducted in Baghdad last November – all of whom, at this writing, are still missing – has brought home to many of us the reality of the world in...

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February 1, 2006 The Book of Daniel is not a closed tome yet

Despite controversy over characters including a pill-popping Episcopal (Anglican) church priest, his martini-imbibing wife, his gay son, his dope-dealer daughter, The Book of Daniel – a mid-season NBC television...

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February 1, 2006 Author returns to holy lands

Bruce Feiler is on the move again. In his 2001 book, Walking the Bible (now also a television mini-series on the U.S. Public Broadcasting System), he followed the inspired idea of searching for personal meaning in the first...

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February 1, 2006 Archbishop urges Christians to visit 'struggling' Bethlehem

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has urged all Christians to try to visit Bethlehem as a place of pilgrimage and to remember the "struggling" town in their prayers. In a letter last month to Victor...

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February 1, 2006 Archbishop unveils details for Lambeth

Some details about the next Lambeth Conference of bishops have become clearer but one key question – will North American bishops receive an invitation? – can only be answered by one person: the Archbishop of...

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February 1, 2006 Church in Burma challenges visiting Canadians

The church in Burma thrives, despite operating under difficult circumstances in a largely Buddhist nation that is under military rule, reported Bishop James Cowan who visited Burma recently with a delegation from the...

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February 1, 2006 Conditions improved for Cuban churches

The relationship between church and state has "positively changed" in Cuba in recent years, and there is "more space" for churches to engage in social work, according to Rev. Reinerio Arce, principal of the Evangelical ...

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February 1, 2006 Anglican women will help mark 50th anniversary of UN gathering

About 100 women from across the Anglican Communion are set to attend the 50th anniversary celebration and meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) scheduled Feb. 27 to March 10 in New York. ...

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February 1, 2006 Afghan appointee worries rights activists

The appointment of a religious affairs official of Afghanistan's former Taliban regime to the country's new parliament is prompting concern among international human rights advocates. "There's a growing feeling of...

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February 1, 2006 Week of prayer focuses on Christ as source of unity

Churches and communities around the world gathered Jan. 18 to 25 for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; the event, which some churches mark on alternate dates, focused on the theme and central biblical text, "Where two...

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