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Religion and Values

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    February 16, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Saturday Holy Grounds Coffee House, 6:30 p.m., featuring Garrett Soucy and Dustin Saucier. Church of the Holy Spirit, 1047 Congress St., Portland. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and food is available for a small charge. There is no cover but donations for the artists are accepted. Sunday Rejoicing Spirits, 4 p.m., special worship service for […]

  • Published
    February 16, 2013

    Reflections: At momentous times, angels are no strangers

    Thomas had troubles enough. Every time he approached my office, he knew he was in trouble because of the sign overhead. Now, however, Thomas had more troubles. The previous Saturday, he had witnessed a puzzling event involving his mother, who lived at an assisted-living facility and had been failing. “I gotta get it off my […]

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    February 16, 2013

    Vatican’s legendary secrecy gets peeled away after pope resigns

    The modern era puts new pressure on the Vatican, which is unused to wordly accountability.

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    February 9, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Sunday White Mass, 10 a.m., annual Mass celebrated for health care professionals and caregivers, held in conjunction with the World Day of Prayer for the Sick on Monday, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 27 Bartlett St., Lewiston. “The Serpent and the Dragon: Moving Beyond Our Growing Edges,” 10:30 a.m., interfaith service at […]

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    February 9, 2013

    Reflections: Accepting illness opens way to humility, peace

    I am not supposed to get sick. Disease happens to other people, not me. Oh, I know, it’s true what the Buddhists say: “In all lives there is suffering.” I’ve repeated that mantra a lot over the years. Yet somehow I never really understood that “I” am included in all lives. I missed the “we” […]

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  • Published
    February 9, 2013

    At 900, Knights of Malta carries out noble mission

    The religious order tries to shed its image as a club for the rich while tapping the wealthy for its charities.

  • Published
    February 2, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Saturday My Sister’s Keeper, a mentoring ministry for women who are transitioning from incarceration into the community, will hold a training session from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for interested mentors and volunteers at Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, Route 77, Cape Elizabeth. To register or for details, contact Kelly Dell’Aquila, director, at 712-5962 or […]

  • Published
    February 2, 2013
    Myrlie Evers-Williams

    Reflections: Message from Myrlie Evers-Williams: Hate is the enemy

    Myrlie Evers-Williams, in the invocation for the inauguration of President Obama, prayed, “There is something within me. There is something within America …” I know some of what is within Myrlie Evers-Williams. It is tragedy and it is courage, it is love and it is faith in the God of Love who in ways visible […]

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    February 2, 2013

    Evangelicals soften the anti-gay rhetoric

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Rev. Robert Jeffress has changed the way he talks about homosexuality from the pulpit. The pastor of the 11,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas hasn’t stopped preaching that homosexual sex is sinful, but he no longer singles it out for special condemnation. Now, Jeffress says he usually talks about homosexuality within […]

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    January 26, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Saturday Same-sex marriage spiritual celebration, 6 p.m., brief vespers service followed by a “wedding” reception. St. Ansgar Lutheran Church, 515 Woodford St., Portland. RSVP to rebeccaburns@saintansgar.org. Sunday “Belonging,” 9 and 11 a.m. services, with guest preacher the Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, minister of the First Unitarian Church in Burundi, Africa. Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 […]