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 […]
2013
Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
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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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 […]
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Portland crowd comes alive at ‘Sound of Music’ sing-along
More than 1,600 people in Merrill Auditorium sing along with the familiar film classic.
Posted inMaine Mariners, Sports
Pirates collect shootout victory
Mike Lee takes advantage of an infrequent start, leading Portland to a 3-2 win over Worcester.
Posted inNews
Local & State Dispatches
Police investigate fuel thefts from homes, church / Lewiston woman pleads guilty to embezzling from club / Maine college ties curriculum to climate change mitigation … and more news from around the state.
Posted inNews
Maine’s chickadee check-off flirts with extinction
The fundraising method long used by conservation-minded tax filers faces a natural death.
Posted inNews
LePage reads to school kids, offers his opinions
In answering their questions he takes some shots at the state’s newspapers and its public school system.
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Time, catch limits altered for Maine shrimpers
Shrimpers can now fish around-the-clock for two days a week
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Hillary Cinton out, John Kerry in as secretary of state
WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton formally resigned Friday as America’s secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited. John Kerry was sworn in to replace her. In a letter sent to President Barack Obama shortly before she left the State Department for the last time […]