Religion and Values

Published
August 27, 2011

Study finds ‘softening’ of religious attachment

Signs of religious vitality may be masking stagnation, a Duke University expert writes.
Published
August 27, 2011

With unexpected ceremony

An impromptu gathering at the newly unveiled memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took place Friday on the National Mall in Washington. The official dedication, which had been scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed indefinitely because of Hurricane Irene’s impending arrival.
Published
August 20, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Blueberry Gala, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., baked items or by the box, yard sale, silent auction. West Gorham Union Church, Route 25, Gorham. First Parish Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Featured items include jewelry, crafts and art directly from Maine artisans. Rain or shine. […]
Published
August 20, 2011

Pope, visiting Spain, urges youths to be compassionate

MADRID – Pope Benedict XVI on Friday urged young people to be compassionate with suffering, on the second day of a visit to Spain where he again drew hundreds of thousands of people. “Go in search of those less fortunate,” the pope said at Madrid’s Cibeles square after young people from all over the world […]
Published
August 20, 2011

Reflections: Flights of fancy? Have no regrets

Each week Ron received travel brochures from a plethora of travel companies. He usually tossed them diffidently into the circular file. Not this one. This was “the trip of a lifetime for a special occasion” — 747 to Paris and TGV train to Chalon-sur-Sadne, then an eight-day river cruise on the Sadne and Rhone through […]

Published
August 20, 2011

Daily Bread Kitchen’s ‘a blessing’ for hungry

It feeds about 150 people each Wednesday at a church in Connecticut.
Published
August 20, 2011

Deaf priest speaks their language in Milwaukee

He's seen as a healing presence in a church community shaken by a major sex-abuse scandal.
Published
August 13, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Grandma’s Attic sale, 8 a.m. to noon, People’s United Methodist Church, Depot Street, Union. Yard sale with crafts, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 424 Sokokis Trail, East Waterboro. Yard and bake sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., North Sebago United Methodist Church, 820 Sebago Road (Route 114), North Sebago. Book […]
Published
August 13, 2011

Reflections: Through the theatrics, Gaga’s saintly message: Past fear lies love

Stephanie Germanotta, according to an article by Rodney Clapp in the July 26 issue of Christian Century, remembers herself as an awkward teenager, bullied by her peers for being ugly with a big nose and giant eyebrows. She was teased for her laugh, her love of the theatrical, the way she wore makeup and her […]
Published
August 13, 2011

Religion Dispatches

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Board votes to take ban on prayer to high court The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that barred it from starting meetings with prayer that praised a specific deity. The board voted 6-1 Monday night to continue its case to the nation’s […]

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