Religious Herald - OUT LOUD

OUT LOUD

By Robert Dilday

Thursday, June 12, 2008

“One final thing, Lord, I promise. This November could you keep an eye on all of us and see that the change that we embrace comes from Arizona and not Illinois?”
James Lisante
The Catholic priest from Long Island, N.Y., was delivering the invocation at a Republican fundraiser in Manhattan. He later said he should have separted his prayer from his commentary, though he still supports Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (RNS)

“What the church has done is that it has created these ‘holy huddles' of Christian magazines, music and schools that have set them apart from the world because the world is bad. Instead of doing what Christ did, and bring light to the world, they retreat from it.”
Jim Beckemeier
Beckmeier is a member of the Journey, a Southern Baptist church of mostly younger evangelicals that meets once a month in a back room of a bar. He was quoted by the New York Times. (RNS)

“Why me? I don't know. But it has been a really cool experience having a biblical disease.”
Elizabeth Blanchard
The 15-year-old from Baton Rouge, La., recently finished taking medication to treat leprosy. (RNS)

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