Religion and Values
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PublishedJune 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 […]
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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 […]
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PublishedJune 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 […]
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PublishedJune 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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PublishedJune 9, 2012
Crystal Cathedral ministry finds a new home for ‘Hour of Power’
The move makes room to accommodate a growing Catholic population in Orange County, Calif.
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PublishedJune 9, 2012
Atheist faces new setback in cross suit
A panel affirms a ruling that found no grounds to sue over a state grant for repairs to an Illinois cross.
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PublishedJune 9, 2012
Can established ministries save souls one click at a time?
Billy Graham Crusades is taking its years of experience and adapting it to the Internet.
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PublishedJune 2, 2012
Black ministers divided over Obama’s views on gay marriage
Most of the clergy at a national gathering oppose gay nuptials, but a speaker offers a different opinion.
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