Religion and Values

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March 20, 2010

Reflections: Soup gives sustenance to body, soul

“Not for one moment has this flowing toward me ceased.” On my 11th almost-spring birthday, I wrote in my journal, “I made it through flu season. It’s March. I won’t get sick.” Of course, moments later, I spiked a temperature, started sneezing and alternately froze and sweated under my corduroy coverlet. Then my grandmother arrived […]
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March 20, 2010

Worship Spotlight

Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland
Published
March 20, 2010

U.S. annulment rate may spur Vatican crackdown

The pope warns against letting the civil divorce rate dictate the number of 'decrees of nullity.'
Published
March 20, 2010

Philanthropist will enhance donations to local ministry

PORTLAND — Grace-Street Ministry, a nonprofit organization working through Stevens Avenue Congregational Church, has been selected to participate in this year’s Feinstein Challenge. For 13 years, Alan Feinstein, a Rhode Island philanthropist, has divided $1 million among agencies serving the hungry and poor. Through April 30, any donation to Grace-Street Ministry will be enhanced by a […]
Published
March 6, 2010

Religion Calendar

Today Lenten Retreat, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with special guest Gerondisa Thekla of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Paragorittisa, Lachute, Quebec. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 186 Bradley St., Saco. The retreat is free and open to the public. Donations to benefit the monastery are welcome. For details, call Elizabeth at 985-8692 or Donna […]

Published
March 6, 2010

Reflections: Hierarchy makes it hard to be Catholic

Why am I still Catholic? The question is frequently asked, especially of late, in that I appear educated and am committed to social justice and human rights, while well, I’ll stop there. The easy answer is that I was raised in the South, where Catholics, a small minority, develop a proud defensiveness. At Notre Dame, […]
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March 6, 2010

Worship Spotlight: St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, Windham

ADDRESS: 40 Windham Center Road. AFFILIATION/DENOMINATION: Episcopal, connected to the Diocese of Maine under the leadership of the Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane. HISTORY: In the summer of 1971, a group of Episcopalians gathered around the dining room table in the home of Bob and Kit Ogg. Jerry Koll, a lay reader, led Morning Prayer. […]
Published
March 6, 2010

Lutheran church welcomes gay, transgender people

PORTLAND – St. Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church recently voted unanimously to become a Reconciling in Christ congregation. The vote was taken at the congregation’s annual meeting on Feb. 7. With the vote, St. Ansgar became the first congregation in Maine with RIC status. Lutheran churches in the Reconciling in Christ program incorporate into church documents […]
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March 6, 2010

Head scarf tests store policy

How inclusive should employers be when a worker's appearance clashes with an image?
Published
February 20, 2010

Rearranging the furniture mirrors life

In our 1928 Dutch Colonial, there are old cast-iron radiators, and in the long, narrow living room, there is one long radiator beneath a double window. The vestibule opens right across from the door to the kitchen, and there really is no way not to have that divide the space into one small space to […]

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