Religion and Values

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 […]
Published
May 21, 2011

Reflections: Today we cry tears we didn’t release yesterday

‘I haven’t cried,” a client said. Days before, his 35-year-old wife had succumbed to cancer. For weeks he slogged through what he called “business mode.” “I’m emotionally strong but I’m a little concerned about not crying,” he repeated. “It’s normal,” I said. “You will cry one day. You will.” We’ve all experienced deaths of friends […]
Published
May 21, 2011

Pope sculpture likened to Mussolini

Critics pan the statue of Pope John Paul II, saying it doesn't even resemble the beloved late pontiff.
Published
May 14, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Rummage sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Forest and Pleasant avenues, Portland. Plant and book sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland. Yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland. Electronic recycling, 9 […]
Published
May 14, 2011

Pope Benedict praises Michelangelo nudes in ‘The Last Judgment’

He affirms sex should take place only within marriage between a man and a woman to have children.

Published
May 14, 2011

Panel head lashes out at Catholic cardinal

She assails his response to the priest sex-abuse crisis, by saying church officials focused on liability issues.
Published
May 14, 2011

Tornadoes spare abbey’s historic grotto

As residents of Alabama continue rebuilding, the site now offers a respite from the devastation so close at hand.
Published
May 7, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Mother’s Day Plant Sale, 7 to 11 a.m., Tere Porter’s parking lot, next to Rite Aid, Oxford. To benefit His Place Teen Center. For details, call 743-9503 or visit www.hisplaceteencenter.com. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lepage Conference Center, 99 Campus Ave., Lewiston. To benefit the St. Boniface […]
Published
May 7, 2011

Reflections: Human need offers an opportunity to heal ourselves

Martin Heidegger said that it is only when a hammer doesn’t work that you realize that it is a hammer. Before the handle broke or the head shattered, it performed the task you set it to and took it for granted. It is much the same way for blossoms. We regret their fading and loss, […]
Published
May 7, 2011

The end may be near … again

End Times has spawned an economy that rivals small nations. Some say it's coming on May 21.

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