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. […]
Religion and Values
Reflections: Those three little dots trail off into the unfinished business of life
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 […]
New church helps round up stray cowboys
The cowboy church actually brings in people from all walks of life, from bikers to artists.
Religion Calendar
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 […]
Bishops call for religious liberty campaign to resist laws called unjust
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 […]
German company hints it may stop publication of free Quran translations
Politicians across Germany’s political spectrum attack the campaign to give away 25 million copies of the Quran.
Library to show off first-edition King James Bible
The rare Bible will reside in the library centerpiece collection and will be available to students.
In old meat plant, fish feed greens as both head to table
So-called aquaponics has been growing on a small scale, but big commercial ventures are still unproven.
Setting faith aside can make doctors less effective, researchers find
Doctors and scholars examine how physicians are discouraged or encouraged from integrating their faith and their practice.
Reflections: Ecumenism helps shape a Christian understanding
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 […]