Religion and Values

Published
November 19, 2011

Reflections: You can improve your health by expressing gratitude, study says

Gratitude helps people improve their health, according to this month’s Harvard Mental Health Letter, published by the Harvard Medical School. The publication cites a landmark study, which showed that those who expressed gratitude had fewer health complaints. They also exercised more and required fewer visits to physicians. This reminds me of a quote that is […]
Published
November 19, 2011

Catholic university won’t recognize atheist group

The group's leader objects that the school recognizes Jewish and Muslim groups with different beliefs.
Published
November 19, 2011

Synagogue reborn in Jewish art museum

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – When Temple Beth Ahaba synagogue closed Aug. 21 after a century of serving the Muskogee Jewish community, Miriam Freedman saw a big part of her heritage disappear. She was born into the Beth Ahaba congregation in 1925 and had been there for much of her life. So she took particular pleasure last […]
Published
November 19, 2011

Utah memorial crosses given makeover, but remain in place

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s memorial highway crosses have been given a makeover — a move intended to prevent the court-ordered removal of the memorials from state roads, a Utah Highway Patrol Association spokesman said. Over the past week, the 12-foot-high Roman crosses have been stripped of the brown and gold beehive-shaped logo of the […]
Published
November 12, 2011

Techno Mass fills Stockholm church

The dancing services of the Church of All Saints are so popular people are being turned away at the door.

Published
November 12, 2011

Pope’s Cuba trip comes amid church’s rising status

MIAMI — Cuba’s Catholic Church rejoiced this week with news that Pope Benedict XVI plans a visit next spring, a trip that would highlight the church’s rising status and unprecedented rapport with the communist government in recent years. The Vatican announcement on Thursday that the visit would help mark the 400th anniversary of the discovery […]
Published
November 12, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Rummage and fabric sale, 8 to 11 a.m., continues Sunday at the same time. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 114 Main St., Kennebunk. DownEast Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with crafts, knits and silent auction. Lobster rolls will be available. Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Kehilah Portland, new Messianic Jewish Synagogue, 10 […]
Published
November 12, 2011

Reflections: Facing serious challenges as lives are radically changed

The last time I saw Ann-Marie she was standing in front of a blackboard conducting an English class during Parents Weekend. She was a well-known scholar in the field of Elizabethan drama and had published a number of erudite treatises and books on Shakespeare. The next time I saw Ann-Marie, she was stooping over a […]
Published
November 5, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Haitian art show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Alban’s Church, Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth. 10th Anniversary Celebration, 6 p.m., lasagna dinner and program, Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Breakwater School (unaffiliated), 856 Brighton Ave., Portland. For details, call 799-7674. Sunday Trillium, 8:45 a.m., First Baptist Church, 360 Canco Road, Portland. Performance during the […]
Published
November 5, 2011

Reflections: When the going gets tough, the tough get soft

It seemed reasonable when I read the flier: “Six-pack abs by Christmas.” The trainer-to-be advertised that she wanted her former hard body back. We could join her for sit-ups and variations for a half-hour three times a week. In three months we would gain much-coveted midriffs of steel. I signed on. The first day I […]

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