Religion and Values

Published
June 23, 2012

Religion Calendar

Summer Hours Editor’s note: We will publish a onetime listing announcing a seasonal change in Sunday worship hours. Some notices may have been published previously. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Kennebunk, 9:30 a.m. through Sept. 2. Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2 Storer St., Kennebunk, 8:15 and 9:45 a.m. North Parish Congregational Church, 895 Main St., […]
Published
June 23, 2012

Reflections: Unconditional love of someone else starts with yourself

Love: we hear and use this word every day. However, rarely do we think about what this word really means. Love is hard to explain and easy to recognize. My natural personality style is a director. Although my intention is never to hurt anyone, my past actions have resulted in a few strained relationships. With […]
Published
June 23, 2012

Bishops attack birth control mandate

The bishops' 'Fortnight for Freedom' campaign urges U.S. Catholics to speak out about the mandate.
Published
June 16, 2012

Religion Calendar

Summer Hours St. George’s Episcopal Church, 4 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. Sundays through August, 3 Emerson St., Sanford. Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 9:30 a.m. Sundays, in the parlor at Main and Lebanon streets, Sanford. 324-3191. Islands Community Church, 9:30 a.m., Harpswell Islands Road, Bailey Island, Harpswell. Non-denominational church with guest preachers. Call Mary Robinson […]
Published
June 16, 2012

Reflections: No one ever tells you about those empty spaces your father leaves behind

No one tells you about the empty spaces, the rooms you enter where all his stuff lives on, and his energy lingers, too. But he is gone. No one talks about finding the traces of that man you always loved, except maybe for a few teenage years when you wanted to run away because he […]

Published
June 16, 2012

Vatican makes overtures to prodigal Society of St. Pius X

But bringing the ultra-conservatives back into the fold would pose several thorny problems.
Published
June 16, 2012

Vatican: U.S. nuns must promote unity

After a meeting with church leaders, the sisters are told they need to stress core teachings.
Published
June 13, 2012

Southern Baptists set to elect 1st black president

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four months ago, two African-American pastors stood in a hallway of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Nashville headquarters looking at a row of white faces. The portraits of the 56 convention presidents since the denomination’s 1845 founding are in large picture frames holding several portraits each. The final frame holds empty slots. “They […]
Published
June 9, 2012

Reflections: Whatever way you crow, God understands

Once upon a time there was a rooster who lived together with many other animals on a farm. It happened that every morning before the sun was up the rooster would turn to the other animals and he would say: “Now I am going to crow in order to wake the sun.” So the rooster […]
Published
June 9, 2012

Religion Calendar

Today Annual yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Blue Point Congregational Church, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. The Campbells, 6:30 p.m., “New England’s First Family of Southern Gospel Music,” performance at Assembly of God Church, 243 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Call the Rev. W.B. Mitchell at 756-5616 for details. St. George’s Episcopal Church summer schedule […]

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