Today and Sunday Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival, 2 and 4:30 p.m., Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St. Seventh annual re-enactment of ancient celebrations marking the end of the 12 days of Christmas. Music is by the Midcoast Brass Quintet, the Boar’s Head Monks’ Choir and soloists. Refreshments follow. For details, ticket prices and […]
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Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany
Across southern and eastern Europe, believers brave icy waters to mark Jesus Christ’s baptism.
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Pastor hopes tattoo parlor boosts church’s appeal
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan pastor who says he’s doing everything he can to reach out to people who don’t feel comfortable at a traditional house of worship has opened a tattoo parlor inside his church. The Rev. Steve Bentley of The Bridge, a church located inside a Flint Township shopping center, said his […]
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Kwanzaa spreads its light
The seven-day holiday is now celebrated by a cross section of people in the U.S., and not only black Americans.
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Surveillance worries some faith leaders
New York’s infiltration of Muslim areas is a hot topic for many at the city’s interfaith breakfast.
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Quarterback spreads faith
SAN FRANCISCO – The black crosses started appearing at the Michigan game. Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase painted two lines under each eye, his way of “spreading the good news.” While he can’t reach an evangelical audience as wide as Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, he still hopes his outspokenness about his Christian beliefs will make people […]
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Reflections: Christianity has long accepted all ethnicities
Did you know that the Bible is written in the culture of the Hebrew people? Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were the Hebrew patriarchs. Moses, the receiver of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, was Hebrew. So were the judges, the kings, the prophets, and the psalmists, as were Jesus, the 12 disciples, and Saul of […]
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Religion Calendar
Today New Year’s Eve Praise and Worship, 6 p.m., Stevens Avenue Congregation Church, 790 Stevens Ave., Portland. 797-6214. All are welcome. Sunday Shape Note Singing, 1 to 4 p.m. at The New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. This four-part singing tradition is not a performance and everyone is welcome to participate. Tune books may be […]
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Muslims find Christmas leaves room for them, too
The cheerful pop-culture aspects of the holiday provide a vehicle for assimilation in the United States.
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Reflections: In good times and bad, birth of Jesus brings hope of peace and good will
Luella Dicker, an old family friend, said that on Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, she was a teenager working at Newberry’s in Lincoln putting up Christmas decorations. Her story stuck with me because all seem to remember where they were that day. I’m also struck by the fact that she was decorating the store […]