... Otterson added that the statement of support is consistent with the church's prior position on such matters, as well as its stance ... statewide protection. But since most of the Republican majority is LDS, the Church's support of the Salt Lake ordinance ... Temple Square, we need to realize that all Mormons, and the LDS church itself, look small-minded to people who are outside the tradition." ...

... will always have problems. Sometimes (maybe more than sometimes) we focus on the wrong aspects of what it means to be church (such as attendance and building assets). We are full of people who are in ... Christ is the hope of the world, or maybe better said a partner in the healing of the world. The church is a place where you can come and experience resurrection, reconciliation and healing. It' ...

... : 1. There's a ton I still don't know. I think this would be true for all online church leaders. This is still the bleeding edge trend and there isn't a 25 ... Denomination of Online Churches (thank goodness). 2. Criticism will come. The foundation of how we do church is being shaken. It doesn't set well with a few of those who think you have to attend a physical church to be ...

... calling the threat the strongest stand against same-sex marriage taken by the Catholic church anywhere in the country. From the Washington Post: Fearful that they could be forced, among other things, to ... the archdiocese for its threats today. From the statement: "The Catholic Church hierarchy is at a crossroads: they must decide whether they are in the charity business for charity¹s sake, ...

... and health care. Yup, that's right. If gay folk can marry, the Catholic church refuses to feed the homeless. Well, that all seems very reasonable. After all, the state would force the Catholic church ... 39;s skirt, supposedly to hide from all of the icky gays and lesbians the Anglican church has embraced (in a Christ-like fashion, some might say). Anglicans passed on the offer. This ...

... as far as the socio-political and economic structures of his day. The church is far from radical, but merely a leech on the very structural problem itself which you rightly say is indeed a ... the early church as it struggled against the empire of the Romans. To say that these are not almost identical issues that the church must realize today misses a major assumption in our fundamentally oppressive ...