Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Dies, Gays And Mormons, Amazing Mosques

October 7, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Dies at 93 Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the outspoken leader of Sephardic Jews in Israel died Monday. Cause of death was not released. The 93-year-old rabbi, who was the spiritual head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, had been hospitalized several times over the last few months with a host of medical problems, including kidney failure, heart problems, blood pressure problems and infections, Haaretz reported. Continue reading... Mormon Leader: Gay Marriage 'Contrary To God's Decrees' The World's 50 Most Unusual Mosques Women Excluded From All Male Meeting At Mormon Conference The Pope's Most Shocking Statements Under Pressure Hobby Lobby Agrees To Carry Jewish Holiday Items Religious 'Nominals' On The Rise 'The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy,' Says Pope Francis The Pope's Most Shocking Statements The Pope's Most Shocking Statements Dear Parents With Young Children In Church Hobby Lobby Update HOWARD J. CURZER A Rising Tide Floats One Boat: Noah's Response to Climate Change As climate change comes crashing down upon us, we will face many hard choices between saving species and saving individual animals. Should we follow Noah's lead? Continue reading... JAMES D. TABOR The Christians as the Romans Saw Them: Superstitious, Depraved, Obstinate, and Foolish This sort of religious segregation from common expressions of Greco-Roman piety -- from swearing allegiance to the Roman Gods and to the Emperor to participation in activities associated with pagan temples -- effectively marginalized those adherents to "Christ as a god" from the rest of society. Continue reading... REV. LARRY HOLLON Online Communion Sparks Questions for Digital Age Is it crazy to discuss conducting this most historic act of faithfulness through a mediated form that is foreign to our historic understanding? Continue reading... SUSAN RAVA God and Alzheimer's A voice in the center of my being told me that I belonged, not in Montana, but with my parents. What voice was this I heard? For me, it was God who directed me to accompany my father and mother in their decline. Continue reading... RYAN THOMAS NEACE Do Church Small Groups Need a Therapist? One of the most disturbing commonalities is the capacity of small group leaders to ignore what's going on in and among the group in real-time, instead tending exclusively to what they believe is the subject at hand (usually bible study). In so doing, they grossly limit the power of the group to make operative Christ's work in their midst. 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