Religion and Values

Published
December 29, 2012

Despite changes, pipe organs endure

A South Dakota organist and music professor says pipe organs fit nicely into modern worship when used in the right way.
Published
December 22, 2012

Religion Calendar

Editor’s note: Please contact individual places of worship for information on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. Sunday Christmas Cantata, 10 a.m., “Gloria Deo: A Service of Lessons and Carols,” with the choir and soloists. Raymond Village Community Church, 27 Main St./Route 121, Raymond Village. Service of Lessons and Carols, 10 a.m., St. Augustine of […]
Published
December 22, 2012

Reflections: Father Jim Gower, 90, leaves a legacy of faith, love and wisdom

Once, en route to visit a Westbrook relative, Father Jim Gower mentioned being descended from the medieval poet, John Gower, who was celebrated by his good friend, Geoffrey Chaucer, as “moral Gower” and “noble Gower,” the latter phrase echoed by Shakespeare. The Rev. James Manley Gower, who died at 90 in Bar Harbor early Monday […]
Published
December 22, 2012

College students perform holiday song requests over phone

The 52-year-old tradition of 'Dial-a-Carol' at the University of Illinois gets thousands of calls a year.
Published
December 22, 2012

Religious leaders mobilizing for gun control

They say they will urge their congregations to join a national call-in day to Congress on Feb. 5.

Published
December 15, 2012

Religion Calendar

Editor’s note: For a schedule of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services, please contact individual places of worship. SATURDAY Holy Grounds Coffee House, 6:30 p.m., featuring Lisa Gallant Seal’s CD release party with One Voice and Jessi McKinnon. Church of the Holy Spirit, 1047 Congress St., Portland. For more information, call 874-9779. SUNDAY Kids Only […]
Published
December 15, 2012

Reflections: Christmas story’s mystery can lead us to rejoice in God’s love

Chet Raymo, professor emeritus at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, in his popular book, “The Soul of the Night,” wrote, “I am a child of the Milky Way. The night is my mother. I am made of the dust of stars. Every atom in my body was forged in a star. … The star clouds in […]
Published
December 15, 2012

Jewish women endure arrest to pray as men do

Their efforts to worship at the Western Wall in Jerusalem inflame Orthodox sensibilities.
Published
December 8, 2012

Religion Calendar

Saturday “Hannah, Mary, and Longing,” 9:30 a.m. to noon, free seminar for women led by Teresa Bernier. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 496 Lisbon St./Route 196, Lisbon. Child care is available on request and lunch is included. Contact the church at 353-8453 for reservations. Holiday concert, 4 p.m., annual performance featuring the University of Southern Maine […]
Published
December 8, 2012

West Point cadet resigns over culture of religion

MINNEAPOLIS – Six months short of graduation, West Point cadet Blake Page resigned over what he says is a culture that promotes prayer and religion and harasses nonreligious cadets at one of the country’s most prestigious military academies. Within the next few days, his life in the military will be over and he’ll be headed […]

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