At a conference for Western Buddhist teachers some years ago, the Venerable Thubten Chodron and other monastics complained to the Dalai Lama about the difficulties they faced: lack of finances, education, a place to live.
A modern rendition of the last few days of Jesus’ life, the musical addresses questions of the problematic nature of fame, celebrity, and the potentially damaging nature of mass communication in society.
While much of the world has focused on the terror attacks in Paris and the Islamic militants’ capture of swaths of Syria and Iraq, Boko Haram has gone on a bloody rampage through northeastern Nigeria.
The law firm of Paine Hamblen and the Catholic Diocese of Spokane has reached a settlement in the bankruptcy malpractice case regarding the law firms' multimillion-dollar representation of the Diocese.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a likely contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination and a leading voice for Christian conservatives, said Thursday (Jan. 22) that governors and state legislatures should consider ways to resist a Supreme Court decision that recognized same-sex marriage as a constitutional right.