Today White elephant sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pride’s Corner Church, 235 Pride St., Westbrook. White elephant/rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Patrick’s Church Hall, 1342 Congress St., Portland. Spring Fling Church Supper and Show, 5:30 p.m., chicken dinner followed by variety show. Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, 15 Pleasant Ave., Portland. […]

The Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy finished his “War and Peace” with an ellipsis, indicating that the story continues. Marvelous the implication! Tolstoy’s richest of all novels by the force of those three periods suggests that the tale, now told, has not yet ended. Rather, its telling trails off into all the unfinished business of human […]

The cowboy church actually brings in people from all walks of life, from bikers to artists.

Sunday Annapolis Area Christian School, 10 a.m., the 80-member choir will sing during the morning service at Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House Road. “The Practice of Generosity,” 10:30 a.m., interfaith service with Chaplaincy Institute of Maine at Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. Divine Mercy Devotion, 11 a.m., ceremony during Mass […]

WASHINGTON – The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops are calling for a national campaign in defense of religious liberty, and urged resistance to laws that church officials consider unjust. In a new 12-page document that quotes the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the bishops said priests, laypeople, public figures and others must be involved in the […]

Politicians across Germany’s political spectrum attack the campaign to give away 25 million copies of the Quran.

Believe it or not, my experience with the ecumenical movement began in the 1930s when I entered the earliest grades of public school. We started every day by praying the Lord’s Prayer. I remember the teacher saying something like this: “Now, boys and girls, some of you will stop at the word ‘evil,’ while others […]