Jacob Harrison

'OPA!' Austin's 77th annual Mediterranean Festival begins

The scent of spiced sauces and meats filled the kitchen at St. Elias Orthodox Church downtown Wednesday, as volunteer cooks tested the foods that will be offered at this year's outdoor Mediterranean Festival on 11th and Trinity. A grand...

Austin 'pro-life' doctor, on abortion, contraception and euthanasia

The following is an interview conducted with Dr. Joe McIlhaney, a local pro-life OB/GYN and former president of the medical staff at St. David's Community Hospital, who responds to questions about contraception, abortion and euthanasia.Dr. McIlhaney...

Q & A: Austin abortion doctor responds to protests, abortion, religion, and euthanasia

The following is an interview with local abortion provider Dr. Peter Kopf, who responds to the Austin chapter of the '40 Days for Life' protest outside his abortion clinic, International Healthcare Solutions, in north Austin.The protesters are part of...

'40 Days for Life' protests Austin abortion clinics (video)

Hundreds of Austin locals have volunteered to participate in the local branch of the national 40 Days for Life fall campaign.Nationally, 24-hour prayer vigils are being held outside abortion clinics around the country. Austin volunteers set up outside...

TONIGHT: 'Interactive' town hall on coming energy price hike

Austin Energy is holding an 'interactive' public town hall meeting tonight to address questions and concerns regarding the possible economic impact of their ambitious energy plan to reduce the city's CO2 emissions by 35 percent by 2020.The meeting...

Austin Catholic Diocese slams Austin Energy 'green' plan

The Catholic Diocese of Austin released a statement on August 16 and a column in yesterday's Austin-American Statesman urging Austin Energy and the Austin City Council to reconsider the extent of their aggressive new environmental plan...

CHURCH SCHISM part III: the homosexual controversy, final Q & A

The following is an interview conducted with a local scholar, the Reverend Dr. Philip Turner, whose various titles have included Missionary of the Episcopal Church in Uganda, Dean at the Berkley Divinity School at Yale, and President of the Episcopal...

CHURCH SCHISM part II: local Episcopal Rev addresses homosexual controversy

The following is an interview conducted with Reverend Jim Stockton of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Austin, who explains the recent vote of the Episcopal Church USA that officially endorsed the ordination of non-celibate gay and lesbian...

CHURCH SCHISM part I: US Anglicans divide over homosexuality

A growing schism between the Worldwide Anglican Communion and their official U.S. branch, the Episcopal Church USA, now threatens to split the US denomination along ideological and theological lines. Unity between the Anglican Church and the Episcopal...

THIS WEEK: Homosexuality and the great church divide, a series

This week Austin Church Activism will feature a series of articles examining the growing division between Christian progressives and traditionalists over the issue of gay and lesbian church leadership and church-sanctioned same-sex marriage that has rocked both the...

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