Chagall, who painted a crucified jewish jesus to personify jewish suffering. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Faithbased groups are among those mobilizing to help victims of the massive flooding in colorado. As floodwaters began to recede this week, the magnitude of the devastation started coming into focus, although many areas are still inaccessible. State officials estimated that more than 19,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. Churches set up shelters for thousands of people who were evacuated. Religious groups are providing emergency aid, assessing long term needs and calling for volunteers. In the wake of this weeks mass shooting at the Washington Navy yard, faith leaders called for prayers of consolation and healing. The tragedy also prompted some in the religious community to renew calls for stricter background checks before gun sales. The shooter, aaron alexis, was described as exploring buddhism prior to the attack. Buddhist leaders condemned his actio
Wedding. The issue has split those who cite biblical passages against homosexuality, and others, who see jesus inclusive vision as welcoming all. More church trials may be ahead, as betty rollin reports. Reporter the Metropolitan United Methodist Church in washington, d. C. , recently had an unusual celebration. The event, called church quake, honored married couples of the same sex and the clergy who married them. Retired Bishop Melvin talbert was the first methodist bishop to publicly endorse samesex marriage, which is prohibited in the churchs book of discipline. I felt the time had come for clergy to give leadership to their congregations and its time for clergy to refuse to convict their colleagues for doing the right thing. Reporter one of those colleagues, who is facing a potential church trial for performing a samesex marriage, is 79yearold reverend tom ogletree, the retired dean of yale divinity school. The marriage that reverend ogletree performed was that of his own son, tho