Letters to the Editor
Frank Riddick
Randy Potts’ hermeneutic (Life, Greg Horton, “Walk this way,” Sept. 21, Gazette) would have to admit that murder has no conflict with Christianity.
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: christianity
Oral argument
Letters to the Editor
Frank Riddick
Randy Potts’ hermeneutic (Life, Greg Horton, “Walk this way,” Sept. 21, Gazette) would have to admit that murder has no conflict with Christianity.
Modern word
A Norman church hosts a progressive theologian who champions a fresh interpretation of the Bible.
News
Greg Horton
John Shelby Spong
7 p.m. Friday
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua, Norman
normanucc.org
free
God and science
An SNU professor co-authors a new book exploring body and soul.
Nonfiction
Sarah Lobban
Full Circle Bookstore
3-5 p.m. Saturday
The Physical Nature of Christian Life
1900 Northwest Expressway
fullcirclebooks.com
842-2900.
Man with a mission
Evangelical author Brian McLaren comes to town Friday as part of an effort to reframe Christian beliefs.
News
Greg Horton
Brian McLaren
7 p.m. Friday
Mayflower United Church of Christ
3901 N.W. 63rd
mayflowerucc.org
842-8897
$10
Capitol commandments
With little fanfare, a monument of the Ten Commandments is erected outside the state Capitol.
News
Clifton Adcock
A large granite monument of the Ten Commandments was erected outside the Oklahoma state Capitol building today.
Same ol’, same ol’
Letters to the Editor
Douglas Mock, Joseph Thai and Tom Boyd
Two “new” bills filed with the state Legislature recently are dog-eared twin parcels of anti-science boilerplate based on model language from the creationist Discovery Institute (in Seattle). This is an annual rite of winter: Legislative sponsors proclaim laudable goals (“academic freedom” and “critical thinking”) with a wink and nod that fool no one except perhaps innocent schoolchildren. The goal is to promote the teaching of religion as science in public school science classrooms.
It's a blessing
Oklahoma’s Episcopal Diocese provides materials allowing for the blessing of same-sex unions.
News
Greg Horton
The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma last week published documents that allow for the blessing of same-sex unions in Oklahoma. Bishop Ed Konieczny said the materials — which include guidelines for clergy and an approved liturgy (order of service) — clearly state that the union is not a legally binding ceremony.
