Carter On Catholic Women Ordination, Nik Wallenda's Faith

June 24, 2013 Subscribe · Forward President Weighs In On Catholic Ordination Of Women President Jimmy Carter waded in the tricky waters of gender and religion in an interview with Time.com in which he said that the Catholic church was wrong not to ordain women.  Continue reading... A High-Wire Walk With Faith Not To Fall Israeli Chief Rabbi Suspends Self Weddings For Gay Muslims Spanking For Jesus? Fringe Christian Group's Controversial Tactics Girl Kicked Off Christian School's Football Team Over Gender? Conservatives Pledge To Defy Supreme Court Conservatives Pledge To Defy Supreme Court President Weighs In On Catholic Ordination Of Women Spanking For Jesus? Fringe Christian Group's Controversial Tactics Conservatives Pledge To Defy Supreme Court Streisand Slams Israel's Ultra Orthodox KAYLEY WHALEN Embracing Transgender Equality, Inside and Outside Religious Communities I sincerely hope that the interfaith movement work can begin to focus on LGBT issues beyond marriage equality, such as building congregations that treat people of all genders equally, including transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Continue reading... REV. EMILY C. HEATH The End of Exodus Doesn't Mean the End of 'Ex-Gay' Movements Exodus taught that gays and lesbians could either change or repress their sexual attractions through a process of prayer and counseling. So its disappearance is a major change in the ex-gay ministry landscape. But the ideas behind Exodus' ministry continue to thrive. Continue reading... JIM WALLIS The Post-Cynical Christian Skepticism is a good and healthy thing. But cynicism is a spiritually dangerous thing because it is a buffer against personal commitment. Personal commitment is all that has ever changed the world, transformed human lives, and altered history. Continue reading... RABBI MICHAEL BERNSTEIN Learning From James Gandolfini: A Tribute Gandolfini, an accomplished actor, became inseparable from his greatest role, fictional mob boss Tony Soprano whose profound, yet seriously cracked persona anchored the groundbreaking HBO series that bears his name. Continue reading... BETH GREEN Making History With the New Spirituality: Are We Ready for Spirituality to Evolve? If we open our minds and hearts, isn't it possible that this radical but common sense view of the Divine answers some nagging questions that may have been bothering us for a long time? Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003