Saturday Rummage Sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Forest and Pleasant avenues, Portland. “Great Commission: One Family in Mission,” 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., featuring missionaries, national and local speakers including Mario St. Francis, and a concert by the Grammy-nominated Christian rock group Sanctus Real at 6:30 p.m. Presented by […]
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Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel and Jesus People, dies at age 86
The pioneering Protestant pastor was theologically conservative and culturally avant garde.
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Reflections: Right Speech approach quells urge to gossip
Lately I’ve been thinking about gossip or secrets or knowing something I’m not supposed to know and I’m dying to share. Something that is not mine, not mine at all, and feeling that rush in my stomach as soon as I open my mouth to tell some else’s story. Maybe the word is gossipsecret. Or […]
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Reflections: Warming up to ‘the burn of being’ invites, enlivens spiritual conversations
I’ve noticed a strange thing over my years of seeking spiritual water for my thirsty soul. It seems to me that we are all thirsty for what my Christian tradition calls “living water” but too few understand that all life is about soul. Everyone everywhere will admit to a thirst. Yet many don’t seem to […]
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Saturday Tashi Gatsel Ling, 2 to 4 p.m., open house at the new Tibetan Buddhist Center, 20 Independence Drive, Freeport. Upcoming programs include a weekly discussion of the course “Discovering Buddhism at Home” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. starting Tuesday. Contact [email protected] for more information. Sunday Service of Healing, 10 a.m., with anointing with healing oil […]
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Conquering ‘Islamophobia’ pays off
An expert tells future engineers that their career success will depend on their cultural competence.
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Another view of gay debate
A gay Christian from Kansas says the Bible doesn’t say same-sex orientation is a sin.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Pagan Pride Day Festival seeks to dispel myths
The annual event aims to have some good-natured fun with misconceptions about the pagan religion.