Faith
COMMENTARY: Letter to a mother who lost her son to cancer
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.)
UNDATED _ A woman lost a son to cancer. Now she asks questions.
Why did he die when others live? W...
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COMMENTARY: Where the rootless find grounding and the anonymous feel known
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com).
UNDATED _ It took a book of poetry to answer a question that has long perplexed me: Why do some cong...
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COMMENTARY: Denominational loyalty is on the wane
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com)
DAPHNE, Ala. _ Ancient boundaries were missing when eight people gathered at an Episcopal pastor's ta...
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COMMENTARY: Vatican officials are unconcerned about U.S. annulment controversy
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Thomas Patrick Melady, president emeritus of Sacred Heart University, is former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican and chairman of the Catholic Campaign for America.)
VATICAN CITY _ Vatican authorities have noted _ but are not especially concerned about...
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COMMENTARY: The Death of a Prison Guard: A Chaplain’s View
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ I have an eerie feeling in my bones. It is a sense of uncertainty and antic...
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COMMENTARY: The impotence of the church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ An incident in the prison where I am a chaplain underscores the reason many...
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COMMENTARY: The impotence of the church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ An incident in the prison where I am a chaplain underscores the reason many...
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COMMENTARY: What if it were me behind bars?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ A recent New York Times story breathes new life into one of my hidden fears...
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COMMENTARY:“And when I was in prison, you visited me”
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ A few days ago, a small handful of African-Americans from a church in High...
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COMMENTARY: A Muslim view of Judge Moore’s courtroom
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Salam Al-Maryati is director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and Ambereen Khan is director of the council's Washington office)
UNDATED _ This week, 2 million Muslim pilgrims from around the world embarked on a pilgrimage _ the Hajj _ to Mecca to...
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