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Regifting: Redeemed and put to work
The verb regift was not in my vocabulary until this season, but now I see it leaping out from a sheaf of magazine covers....
Signs and sounds: Psalm 29; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Have you not known? Have you not heard? asks Isaiah. Those with ears to hear, let them hear, says Jesus. Day to day pours forth speech, says the psalmist, but God’s speech is pitched in such a register that many cannot distinguish it from silence.
Wandering pilgrim
Literature is a greater rival to religion than science is because both religion and literature seek the same kind of good....
Fall of the empire
The Mayan Empire existed for 4,000 years, from 2500 BC to 1500 AD, and it spanned five modern-day countries—Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize....
Best gift: What God wants us to have
The best gift I ever received was something I never wanted....
Gift wrapped: God's plan to call love out of us
My neighborhood offers Christmas shoppers lots of help: the counters are full, and the windows have been elegantly displaying gift suggestions since mid-October....
Reality check: Common interests and mutual goals
The nomination of Robert M. Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense may be as close as George Bush will come to acknowledging that the Iraq incursion has been misguided....
Century Marks
Charitable giving: An alternative Christmas gift is available through Charity Checks. Here’s how it works: you choose an amount and make the payment online. The recipient gets to choose the charity to which the gift goes. The giver gets the charitable tax deduction. The charity gets the donation (www.charitychecks.us).
One more candle: Advent in Lebanon
The Lebanese Presbyterian community is faithfully lighting candles on an Advent wreath this Sunday—and waiting....
Faithful voters: Religion and the 2006 Election
As the Democrats wrested control of Congress from the Republicans for the first time since 1994, exit polls revealed some changes in the pattern of faith-based politics, but also much continuity....
Texas Baptists hit by financial scandal: Leader Charles Wade feels heat
Rank-and-file Texas Baptists are angry about a huge financial scandal in the Rio Grande Valley that has marred their reputation....
Progressive groups say war, poverty topped voter concerns: Broader moral agenda needed
Moral concerns about poverty and the war in Iraq drove the religious vote more than abortion and same-sex marriage in the midterm elections, according to an exit poll released November 15 by two pr...
Catholic bishops issue guidelines on gays: Condemn bigotry, accept baptism of gay couples' children
The U.S. Catholic bishops have approved new statements on controversial sexual subjects amid a culture that several bishops noted is not always receptive to traditional church teachings....
Marines change course, will take Jesus dolls: Toy company inundated with requests
A 12-inch talking Jesus doll may find its way to needy children this Christmas after the U.S....
Secular colleges attend to Mormon studies: Role in spiritual history of America noted
Two American universities with no ties to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have plans to endow professorships in Mormon studies, making them the first secular schools to establish ch...
Conservatives decry FCC ruling on cursing: Definition of "news" at issue
A Federal Communications Commission’s ruling to allow profanity in a CBS news broadcast sets a dangerous precedent, the Parents Television Council has warned....
North Carolina Baptists adopt strictest ban on gay-friendly churches: Deny membership to gays or face expulsion
Baptist churches in North Carolina will have to deny membership to gays or face expulsion from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina....
NBC said to ease up on Veggie Tales edits: More references to God included
Fans of VeggieTales and its animated singing and talking vegetables may notice a change in the episodes aired in NBC’s Saturday morning cartoon lineup: they are not so heavily edited....