Preaching the news

28 Apr 2013

Preaching the News for Sunday

To forgive or not to forgive? | Your mission, should you choose to accept it | Look, up in the sky, it’s a . . . | Clothed in mourning

To forgive or not to forgive?

Jesus is simple and direct in giving a new commandment to his disciples in this week’s gospel: “Love one another.” Religious perspectives on love, forgiveness, and punishment are one of the themes . . .

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it

As this Sunday’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles demonstrates, Paul and Barnabas were the quintessential evangelizing missionaries, logging thousands of miles . . .

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Look, up in the sky, it’s a . . .

While John of Patmos sees the old world pass away and “the holy city, a new Jerusalem” coming down out of heaven in the selection from the Book of Revelation this Sunday, NASA's Hubble Space . . .

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Clothed in mourning

Just as Paul and Barnabas endured hardships to spread the good news, workers in Bangladesh’s low-wage garment industry have to undergo many hardships to barely earn a living. After a horrific factory collapse . . .

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Quote of the week

“ 'Love one another' sounds like a much simpler and easier religion than the one with ten commandments. But is it?"

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Fact of the week

The huge new headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which will not be completed until 2023, will cost $3.9 billion and house 17,000 employees.

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