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Midwinter Options: When You Can't Find Peace Without, Choose Peace Within

Jason Mannino | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Los Angeles, Albert Camus, Switzerland, Church, God, Peace, Economy, Spirituality, Christmas, The Inner Life, Living News
Jason Mannino

I ran into a friend at the gym last week. Originally from Switzerland, he has been living in Los Angeles for 20 years. Ten years ago he and his partne...

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The Separation of Church and God

John DeBellis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Church, Bible, Gun Salesmen, Jesus, Dick Cheny, Moses, Constintui, God, Barack Obama, Religion, Muslims, Arabs, Baptists, Reverand Rick Warren, Separation of Church and State, Church and State, Protestants, Cahtolics, Politics News
John DeBellis

I'm not a religious man. What you consider prayer, I consider covering all my bases, or at worst talking to myself (and I know I'm not God, just look at my stack of unpaid bills).

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Is Rick Warren Beyond The Pale?

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Misogyny, Church, Proposition 8, Beyond the Pale, The Pale, Obama, Gay, Pastor, Civil Unions, William White, Barack Obama, Invitation, Warren, Clinton, Dadt, Gay Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Chris Weigant, Secretary of the Navy, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Purpose Driven Life, Racism, Defense of Marriage Act, Doma, Gay Marriage, Invocation, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While I understand the anger from the gay-rights community over the Warren issue, I myself am waiting to see some solid results from Obama before judging him.

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The $36,000 Christmas Pageant

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Mystery Plays, Pageant, Religion, Holidays, Church, Medieval, Children, Christmas, Christianity, Living News
Rev. Astrid Storm

Ever wonder to lengths to which churches will go to put on the perfect Christmas pageant? When I decided to write a piece on it for Slate magazine, I...

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Religious Enough for You? Women Light the Holiday Fires

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion, Synagogue, Church, Jewish Women Catholic Women, Hanukkah, Muslim Women, Nuns, Christmas, Pope Benedict XVI, Living News
Leora Tanenbaum

When families light Hanukkah candles this evening, will the women light too? Jewish, Christian and Muslim women assume that that they're forbidden from leadership roles, when they are not.

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When Red and Green Make Blue: Surviving Solo Holidays Together

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: December 21, Holidays, Uncertainty, Church, Living News, Friends, Relationships, Madoff, Economy, Blue Christmas, Iraq, Style News, Recession, Gary Stern, Religion, Grief, Winter Solstice, Sadness, Depression, Westchester County, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

If you know someone who is likely to feel blue over the holidays, be sensitive and don't overdo the merriment. Figure out which friends or neighbors you can help and what you can do.

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Prop 8, a Campaign Based on Fears and Lies

Bruce Bastian | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Church, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Mormons, Gays and Lesbians, California Gay Marriage Ban, California Prop 8, Gays, Gay Marriage, Latter Day Saints, Politics News
Bruce Bastian

As someone who was raised in the Mormon Church and fulfilled my two-year missionary assignment overseas, I know something about Latter-day Saints teachings.

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Economic Crisis Draws Bigger Crowds To Churches

New York Times | PAUL VITELLO | Posted 12.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Financial Crisis, Church, Economic Crisis, Church Attendance Rising, Church Attendance Economic Crisis, Living News

The sudden crush of worshipers packing the small evangelical Shelter Rock Church in Manhasset, N.Y. -- a Long Island hamlet of yacht clubs and hedge f...

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Rich Cizik, Pioneer for New Evangelicals, Resigns from NAE

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Evangelical, Torture, Darfur, Green, Evangelicals, Resignation, Human Trafficking, Conservative, Environment, Marriage, Abortion, Terry Gross, Climate Change, Religious Right, Pro-Life, Genocide, Rich Cizik, Church, NAE, Npr, Creation Care, Election, Global Warming, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Interview, Foreign Policy, Leith Anderson, Gay Marriage, Global Poverty, Tony Perkins, Unions, Creation, Millennium Development Goals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Rich Cizik has been a pioneer in the "new evangelical" movement and a real hero, especially to the next generation of young believers. Rich has helped...

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Separation of Church and Hate

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Mormons, CA Proposition 8, Church, Hate, Separation, Mormons Politicking, Fearmongering, Proposition 8, No on Prop 8, Marriage Equality, Mormons Prop 8, California Gay Marriage, Yes on Prop 8, Gay Rights, Marriage Equality in CA, Religion and Love, Gay Civil Rights, Separation of Church and State, Spirituality, Gay Marriage, CA Gay Marriage, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

May I respectfully request that anyone who is truly spiritual, and who understands that all humans deserve love, begin to pray for the separation of church and hate?

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Four Lessons Gay Marriage Activists Must Learn From Obama

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mormons, Seperation of Church and State, Proposition 8, Lesbian, Obama, Church, Election 2008, Gay, Election, Latter Day Saints, Barack Obama, California, Marriage, Bisexual, Gay Right, Gay Marriage, Catholic, Ds, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

I am in total agreement with those who want gay marriage to be legal -- they are right. But being right isn't enough.

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Why Christians Need to Vote

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Church, Jesus, Voting, Politics, John Lewis, Elections, People of Color, Election, Desmond Tutu, Civil Rights, Movement, South Africa, New Monasticism, The Simple Way, Vote, Shane Claiborne, Martin Luther King Jr., Kingdom of God, New Monastics, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Hey Shane, thanks for weighing in. I appreciate it. I am so thankful for you and everybody who is asking the question of how to be faithful to Jesus a...

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Prop.8 -- Irrational, Incongruous, and Illogical

Byron Williams | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Church, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Taxation, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Byron Williams

Proposition 8 is on the California ballot for the sole purpose to take away rights already granted to same-gender couples.

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A Church of Misfits

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Worship, Video, Church, Mainline Church, Mainline Churches, Church of the Resurrection, John Wesley, Methodist Church, Politics News
Jim Wallis

After years of decline and decay in mainline churches across the country, the vision of revival and renewal is clear.

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G O P is not G O D

Buddy Winston | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Church, John McCain, McCain Maverick, Mccain, Political Rhetoric, Sarah Palin, Palin, Election, Political Ads, Politics News, Religion, God, Maverick, Gop, Separation of Church and State, Home News
Buddy Winston

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Tennessee Church Shooting Indicative of a Greater Problem

Mitchell Gold | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mitchell Gold, Lgbt, Church, Faith in America, Tennessee Church Shooting, Politics News
Mitchell Gold

Faith In America's hearts and prayers go out to all the members of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and the Knoxville community whic...

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Unitarian Church Shooting is Terrorism

Joe Lauria | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: UN General Assembly, Khobar Towers, Al-Qaeda, Church, Shooting, Saudi Arabia, Uss Cole, Terrorism, Politics News
Joe Lauria

Adkisson must be tried on terrorism charges and our leaders must speak out against this form of domestic terrorism too, not just the inflated threat from Islamic extremists.

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Calling On The Gospel To Call Off Debt

MSNBC | Ovetta Wiggins | Posted 07.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Financial Crisis, Gospel, Church, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

Following the advice of their pastor, the men and women shuffled to the altar, cut up their credit cards and placed them near his feet. "If we want t...

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Pray Yourself Better: It's The American Way!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Church, Presidential Race 2008, John Kerry, Progressives, Fisa, Progressivism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Ideological contortionist, Barack Obama, marches toward his personal goal of causing one million progressives' heads to simultaneously explode.

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Stephen Mansfield vs. Mikey Weinstein

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion, Religion and Politics, Stephen Mansfield, Dan Rather, Mikey Weinstein, Church, Military, Religious Right, Politics News
Chris Rodda

Campus Crusade's total revenue for 2006 was $497,516,000. This mega-fundamentalist organization is hardly some rinky-dink little group of religious enthusiasts that's barely capable of running a church.

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Nostalgia for the Middle Ages? A Rotten Thousand Years

Dan Agin | Posted 04.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Church, Miserati, Sex, David Brooks, Middle Ages, Living News
Dan Agin

David Brooks likes looking backwards in history with nostalgia, but the reality of our Dark Ages is something else.

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A Religious Landscape Ripe for Revival

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Church, Personal Faith, Evangelicals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

U.S. citizens are on the move religiously. A new Pew study shows people are not staying in the churches of their upbringings. But where are they going?

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Would I Be Cute with Chris?

Anne M. Plant | Posted 01.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Motherhood, Motherhood, Church, Dating, Living News
Anne M. Plant

I can't believe it, I'm trolling in church! I am so ashamed. I have never before scoped the pews for dating material -- except to set up a friend. Now my mind is not on God, but man.

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Did Mike Huckabee Seduce Me?

Linda Keenan | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mike Huckabee Religion, Huckabee Religion and Politics, Religion, Church, Baptists, God, Mike Huckabee, Southern Baptists, Religion and Politics, Atheists, 2008 Election and Religion, Liberals Religion, 2008 Election, Politics News
Linda Keenan

I'll admit I had a soft spot for Huck, stemming directly from recent experience with another army of Southern Baptists who undeniably helped save my sanity.

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