Religion and Values

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November 10, 2012

Reflections: Sometimes it takes others to rescue us from Bad Attitude Lake

I rest on my bed for the millionth hour in these last two weeks, pressing a blue gel ice pack on my throbbing quadriceps. Yesterday I must have pushed myself a tad too aggressively through my post-total hip replacement exercises: ankle pumps, side kicks. gentle squats. I feel a wee bit sorry for myself: “I […]
Published
November 10, 2012

Thousands in Egypt demonstrate for Islamic law

Ultraconservative Muslims demand that the nation's constitution be based on the rulings of Shariah.
Published
November 10, 2012

Former oil executive to lead Anglicans

Justin Welby will head a church divided over attitudes toward gays and women.
Published
November 3, 2012

Calendar

Saturday Music in the Cathedral, 7 p.m., with Music’s Quill: lutenist Timothy Burris and tenor Timothy Neill Johnson. Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St., Portland. Suggested donation is $15/$10. Sunday Prayer Vigil, 10:45 a.m., to support same-sex marriage, hosted by Catholics for Marriage Equality Maine at the park across from the Immaculate Conception […]
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November 3, 2012

NASA prevails in intelligent design case

LOS ANGELES – A judge has tentatively ruled that a former computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was not dismissed because he advocated his belief in intelligent design while at work. Superior Court Judge Ernest Hiroshige said Thursday he is leaning in favor of JPL’s argument that David Coppedge instead was let go because […]

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November 3, 2012

Navy Evangelical chaplains given second chance at court injunction

WASHINGTON – Evangelical Protestant chaplains who claim the Navy discriminates against them have won a second chance to obtain a quick court order against practices they say favor mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains for promotion. On Friday, a three-judge federal appeals court reversed a district judge’s dismissal of the evangelicals’ request for a preliminary […]
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November 3, 2012

Holy site may close doors in dispute over water bill

The bank account of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is frozen after it is pressed to pay up.
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November 3, 2012

Funding scheme bankrupts Indiana church

Using life insurance as collateral for a construction loan doesn't pay off.
Published
November 3, 2012

Where needy get care instead of a service

Churches move to preserve the dignity of the less fortunate by making them feel special.
Published
November 3, 2012

Reflections: God’s priorities for our lives provide wise guidance for voting

As Election Day approaches are you, as am I, exasperated to the point of despair by the cacophony of fear mongering and half-truths uttered by those who believe the rightness of their cause excuses the wrongness of their means? It corrodes our souls and the soul of our nation. How does one keep balance and […]

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