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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In the midst of recounting her progressive, ominous signs and symptoms of leukemia, Mary opened her oversized pocketbook, took out a wrinkled, brown paper bag, and placed it on the writing table that separated us in the examining room. I stopped talking, intrigued at how she was affectionately patting the bag. Pointing at the bag, […]

Saturday Tree and wreath sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to benefit a poor grade school in Haiti. Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave., Portland. World AIDS Day, 7 p.m., interfaith service at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 60 School St., Saco. Call 282-0062 for details. Adas Yoshuron CD release party, 7 p.m., with selections performed by […]

The motto of our country is “In God We Trust.” What does this mean? Up until just a few years ago, this means that we understood God in terms of the Bible. Now we are open to any understanding of God so long as it includes the concept that He is the Creator of everything. […]

The crisis now facing the young democracy involves ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims.