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A.M.E. going to city despite boycott calls
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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ST. LOUIS -- The African Methodist Episcopal Church will have its convention in St. Louis this summer despite boycott pleas by local blacks unhappy with the city's white mayor.
More than 40,000 delegates, church leaders and other A.M.E. visitors ...
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Professor resigns because of divorce
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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WHEATON, Ill. -- An English professor is leaving his job at Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school, because he is getting divorced.
Kent Gramm, who has worked at Wheaton for 20 years, said he knew that when divorce proceedings started t ...
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Islamic body rejects conversion rule
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Islamic authorities rejected a proposal by Malaysia's prime minister that would have required non-Muslims to tell their families before converting to Islam.
The decision, announced Tuesday, was made at a meeting of Isla ...
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Jewish faith says we can all live in peace
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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I recently participated as a panel member in an InterReligious Dialogue, "Perspectives on Peace," a workshop held at the Friends United Church of Christ in College Station.
The five panelists represented the Bahai, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and ...
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Religion Notes for May 3
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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First United Methodist Church, 506 E. 28th Street, Bryan, will hold Sunday worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jeff Gage preaching.
The high school class of 2008 will be recognized at the 11 a.m. service.
For more informati ...
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Mayor holds prayer rally to fight crime
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Struggling to confront a worsening homicide rate, the mayor invited pastors and citizens to don burlap sacks and ashes in a sign of biblical repentance.
Mayor Larry Langford said his "sackcloth and ashes" rally April 25 was i ...
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In slow economy, Big Easy's churches worry
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS -- Bishop J. Douglas Wiley has just a tent for a church and a fraction of his congregants, more than 2 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina.
But, he says, God's been good, and his parishioners, faithful.
He's praying the Almi ...
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Papal visit may create priests
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| Published Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
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NEW YORK -- The crowd of 25,000 Roman Catholics burst into cheers when Pope Benedict XVI took the stage for a youth rally during his U.S. visit last week. Chanting "Viva Papa!" they pressed against security barriers and reached out to touch him ...
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Letting your light shine
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| Published Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
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My brother's gardens have always fascinated me. They grow by the highway, and you have driven past them, right out there by Highway 6.
Billy, my big brother, works for the state highway department as a surveyor. He's been at it for many years, s ...
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Prison Bible flap called persecution
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| Published Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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WILMINGTON, Del. -- The kitchen manager at the state's Webb Correctional Facility says he is being persecuted for his Christian beliefs and that his supervisor ordered him to remove a Bible from his desk and from the prison.
William Parker 45, w ...
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Muslim group seeks inquiry on threats
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| Published Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- An Islamic advocacy group has asked police and the FBI to investigate reported threats against a charter school attended by many Muslims.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) made the request after the director of ...
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Mysterious 'It Factor' is about purpose
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| Published Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. -- Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu
I believe these words from Lao Tzu are the frames for the "It Factor," which seem ...
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Portland parishes made independent
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| Published Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland is handing over property deeds to its parishes in a move to make them legally independent, part of a bankruptcy settlement the archdiocese reached last year with victims of sex abuse by pri ...
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Religion Notes for April 19
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| Published Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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New Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 409 W. 21st St. in Bryan, will host its annual Women and Men Day Sunday at 3 p.m. Guests will be the Rev. A.C. Clark and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of College Station
For more information, call Marilyn Hi ...
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Pope should feel at home
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| Published Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
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NEW YORK -- During his trip to New York, the first German pope in centuries will visit one of the last places in the city's Roman Catholic archdiocese that still regularly offers Mass in German.
St. Joseph's Church, on Manhattan's Upper Ea ...
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Memories of friends can brighten your day
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| Published Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
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I thought about the former days, the years of long ago; I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired. -- Psalm 77:5-6
"May I ask you a question?" a woman asked as she sat down in my office. Without waiting for my ...
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Mormon church affirms new leader
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| Published Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Faithful Mormons stood by the thousands with upraised hands Saturday, officially installing their first new leader in 13 years.
Thomas Monson took over The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February after the death ...
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Ten Commandments barred from display
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| Published Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A federal judge has permanently barred a Kentucky county from using the Ten Commandments as part of a "Foundations of American Law and Government" display.
U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley said the Grayson County display ha ...
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Teacher censored drawing, suit says
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| Published Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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MADISON, Wis. -- A high school student has filed a federal lawsuit contending that his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference.
The suit says other Tomah High School students were allowed to draw "de ...
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Catholic heritage
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| Published Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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NEW YORK -- Pope Benedict XVI will visit Washington and New York from April 15-20 with a schedule that includes plans for a Mass at the new Nationals Park, a meeting at the White House, a speech at the United Nations, a visit to Ground Zero and ...
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Moral leadership urged for rabbis
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| Published Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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CINCINNATI -- American rabbis should exercise moral leadership this election year by spotlighting issues such as the Iraq war, the need for universal health care and the growing problem of anti-Semitism around the world, a Jewish leader urged an asse ...
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Religion Notes for April 5
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| Published Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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The Old Baptist Church Preservation Society will host its annual spring meeting at the Old Church, which is on F.M. 2620 about a half-mile from downtown Bedias.
There will be a program of gospel music followed by a short business meeting. Lunch ...
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Sometimes money does fill a real need
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| Published Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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Several years ago, I worked at a nonprofit agency in Newark, N.J. I assisted with several of its programs and acted as liaison with partner agencies and businesses in the community.
This meant that I spent a lot of time walking around downtown ...
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Religion, science go together
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| Published Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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What you see driving south on Highway 6 is wonderful.
I see Lady Bird Johnson's legacy of wildflowers, especially bluebonnets, and folks stopping to take pictures. There's a Hindu temple, its people justly proud of a splendid new family-cente ...
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Pastors turn to the Internet to answer skeptics
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| Published Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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Text messages have helped pastor Mark Driscoll open a window into the souls of his parishioners. What he's discovered: a lot of one-track minds.
Following services at Seattle's Mars Hill Church, Driscoll invites the audience text him with ...
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