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November 13, 2010

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Today “Jews and Twentieth Century Philosophy,” lunch-and-learn program at 11:30 a.m. following the Shabbat service, with professor Jonathan Cohen from University of Maine at Farmington. Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Ave., Portland. Call 774-2649 for additional information. Free and open to the public. Lighthouse Jubilees with Voices of Grace Trio, 6:30 p.m., second annual concert […]
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November 6, 2010

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Today “Exploring Interfaith,” ChIME workshop, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., held at The Center for Grieving Children, 555 Forest Ave., Portland. The cost is $60 for nonstudents. “Liber Samekh: A Journey Into Oneself,” 2 p.m., class followed by Gnostic Mass at 5:30 p.m., Abrahadabra Oasis, 991 Forest Ave., Suite 203, Portland. www.abrahadabra-oto.org. Siddhartha School Project, […]
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November 6, 2010

Worship Spotlight: St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, Scarborough

ADDRESS: 350 Route 1 DENOMINATION/AFFILIATION: Episcopal Diocese of Maine HISTORY: The church started in 1988 when a handful of people formed the Episcopal Church Group of Scarborough to create an Episcopal Church presence between Portland and Saco. The diocese offered them a home in St. John’s-by-the-Sea, an unused summer chapel in Old Orchard Beach. The […]
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November 6, 2010

Reflections: No patient dies alone: God is there

The first call — from the Special Care Unit — was expected. Monica had died. Monica, who had developed acute leukemia, came to the emergency room with pneumonia. the morning after admission to the hospital, she thrashed about in her bed, delirious and gasping for air. She was transferred to the Special Care Unit. Later […]
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November 6, 2010

Pastor’s sex abuse began with texting, girl says

The teenager testifies that the exchanges led to a sexual encounter in the summer of 2009.

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November 6, 2010

Some blush as Jesus statue burgeons

Winds stymie efforts in a small Polish town Friday to complete the world's largest such statue.
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November 6, 2010

Sisters bid on D.C. cultural center

DETROIT - The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist -- which has exploded in size from four sisters in 1997, when it was founded, to 113 today and was featured on a segment of "Oprah" this year -- is burnishing its national profile with a tentative purchase of the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. <br /><br /> The Ann Arbor, Mich., congregation is made up mostly of young women who adhere to old-fashioned dress, wearing floor-length habits and taking new names upon entering the convent.<br /><br /> At a time when the number of Catholic sisters is declining, the traditional methods of the Dominican order attracted 22 new members this year alone. The average age of women who enter is 21, and the average age of the sisters is 26, a sharp contrast to many other long-established Catholic congregations.
Published
October 30, 2010

Reflections: Petroglyphs put past – and future – into perspective

During the late ’50s, possibly it was the early ’60s, I was visiting family at Vantage, Wash. Nearby, behind the newly finished Wanapum Dam, rising waters of the Columbia River would soon inundate most of 300 well-preserved rock paintings, or petroglyphs, bearing witness to the dreams and doings of a primitive people. Sixty of the […]
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October 30, 2010

Worship Spotlight: Congregational Church, Cumberland

ADDRESS: 282 Main St. DENOMINATION/AFFILIATION: United Church of Christ HISTORY: The Congregational Church has been at the center of Cumberland since before it was a town or Maine was a state. Founded in 1793, the church often served in the New England tradition as the meetinghouse for the town, including as the location for high […]
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October 30, 2010

Ex-chaplains warn against lifting ban on gays in military

Retired chaplains say jobs will be at risk if they can't call homosexuality a sin; the Pentagon says religious beliefs are OK.

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