Religion and Values

Published
September 21, 2013

Religion Calendar

Saturday Western Maine Christian Men, second annual conference, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Oxford Advent Christian Church, 1122 Main St. (Route 26), Oxford. Featured are several workshops and speakers, including Michael Heath of Helping Hands Ministry, Pastor Will Kahkonen of Victory Christian Church and Pastor Dr. Robert Boumier of Harvest Hill Church. Admission is […]
Published
September 21, 2013

Pagan Pride Day Festival seeks to dispel myths

The annual event aims to have some good-natured fun with misconceptions about the pagan religion.
Published
September 21, 2013

Another view of gay debate

A gay Christian from Kansas says the Bible doesn't say same-sex orientation is a sin.
Published
September 21, 2013

High court asked to take up contraceptive coverage issue

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration set the stage Thursday for another Supreme Court showdown on the president’s health care law, this time to decide whether for-profit companies can be forced to provide full contraceptive coverage for their employees despite religious objections from their owners. The administration’s lawyers asked the justices to take up the issue […]
Published
September 14, 2013

Religion Calendar

Saturday E-waste day, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., free disposal of electronic items offered by Catholic Charities and held at Holy Family Church, 66 North Ave., Sanford. Any usable items will be sold at the thrift shop and other items will be recycled. Holistic mystic fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with healers, spiritualists, shamans, […]

Published
September 14, 2013

Reflections: Non-busy allows us to feel like human beings instead of human doings

I am working on busy. The I-can’t-stop, I-am-driven, there-is-a-motor-inside-me-and-it runs-on-high-gear kind of busy. Jump in, get to work, clean, cook, scoot to Shaw’s for toilet paper, get to the dump before it closes, and by the way, sweep-the-deck kind of busy. Frenzied hustle and bustle. Do it now. Get it done. Busy tells me that […]
Published
September 14, 2013

Muslim group asks Walmart to give worker second chance

HAMBURG, N.Y. – A Muslim advocacy group is asking Walmart to rehire a worker who posted derogatory comments about Muslim customers on Facebook and was fired last week. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council On American-Islamic Relations, said Friday that the group had accepted Terrance Earsing’s apology and, in a letter to Walmart U.S. President […]
Published
September 14, 2013

Israelis mark Yom Kippur 40 years after war of 1973

JERUSALEM – Israelis ushered in the holiest day of the Jewish calendar at sundown Friday as nearly the entire country ground to a halt for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s day of atonement, observed with a 25-hour fast and long prayers. Jews traditionally spend the solemn day fasting and asking God for forgiveness at intense prayer services […]
Published
September 14, 2013

Think tank crusades for intelligent design

The Discovery Institute takes its push against the teaching of evolution to Ball State University.
Published
September 7, 2013

Religion Calendar

Saturday Annual Haiti yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., to benefit the school at Morne Rouge. Held on the lawn at Deering High School, 370 Stevens Ave., Portland. To donate items, call 773-6562. Prayer service and adoration, in conjunction with Pope Francis’ call for a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, […]

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