Religion and Values

Published
June 4, 2011

Reflections: We are just tending the garden

We used to live on Blackstrap Road, on top of a hill. One day I was standing in the field behind our house and the thought came into my head: “I don’t really own this field. It’s just mine to take care of.” Before me, the field belonged to somebody else who took care of […]
Published
June 4, 2011

There’s a Jesuit in the House

The Rev. Patrick Conroy, U.S. House chaplain, talks about the 'firestorm' caused by his selection.
Published
May 28, 2011

Vatican hosts AIDS experts amid condom flap

Condom use to prevent disease will be discussed, a longstanding debate that has changed of late.
Published
May 28, 2011

Reflections: On Memorial Day, meshing reality and ideals

Imagine what it would be like to have no memory. Imagine starting each day anew, from a cognitive standpoint. Picture yourself with all that freedom! And no clue what to do with it. Now, title that exercise: “ideals and reality are very far apart” (from the 1973 movie “Walking Tall”). Perfection is what we’d like, […]
Published
May 28, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church; held at 2141 Sanford Road (Route 109), Wells. Spring fair and market, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Road. Thursday Seek the Lord in Prayer, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., open for prayer nightly through June 11. Some evenings will […]

Published
May 28, 2011

Religion Dispatches

PORTLAND Diocese will ordain deacon to priesthood this morning Deacon John “Jack” Dickinson of South Berwick will be ordained to the priesthood at 10 a.m. today at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Bishop Richard Malone will perform the ceremony. Dickinson, 26, attended Theological College of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He […]
Published
May 21, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Indoor yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Second Congregational Church, 19 Crescent St., Biddeford. Rummage and plant sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Westbrook Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Plant and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Church, 42 Sweden Road (Route 93), Bridgton. Yard, plant and bake […]
Published
May 21, 2011

ACLU prompts schools to stop renting church

DALLAS – A Dallas-area school district has decided to stop renting a nondenominational megachurch for high school graduation amid concerns about separation of church and state. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas raised questions about use of The Potter’s House. The Dallas Morning News reported this week that the Irving school district in 2012 […]
Published
May 21, 2011

Kentucky gives tax breaks for biblical theme park

The state's tourism development agency has approved incentives for the $172 million project.
Published
May 21, 2011

State Street Church receives clergy grant

PORTLAND – State Street Church, United Church of Christ, has received a $49,962 grant for the Rev. Jeanette A. Good to participate in the National Clergy Renewal Program. The grant is funded by the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. and State Street Church is one of four congregations in Maine and 150 across the country that […]

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