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(CNN) — "I’m spiritual but not religious."It’s a trendy phrase people often use to describe their belief that they don’t need organized religion to live a life of faith. But for Jesuit priest James Martin, the phrase also hints at something else: egotism.
WASHINGTON (RNS) American churches have less than two weeks to change their wireless microphone equipment or face more than $100,000 in fines. In January, the Federal Communications Commission mandated that anyone using wireless microphones on the 700 MHz band must stop by June 12 in order to make room for use by police, fire and emergency services. An unlicensed person or business—which includes churches—using microphones on frequencies between 698 and 806 MHz must stop or face action by the FCC.
A day after it was announced that BP’s "top kill" effort had failed, making this gulf-dependent region feel even more helpless, many residents did the only thing they knew to do: pray.
WASHINGTON (BP)–President Obama has once again proclaimed June as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Month," a declaration critics say marginalizes the beliefs of conservative Christians and also ignores the fact that countless number of people have left homosexuality and consider themselves ex-gay.Obama’s proclamation is similar to the one he issued last year, although it does break new ground by calling for the repeal of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a law that requires the federal government to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. If it is overturned, then state laws that prohibit "gay marriage"…
A Dallas, Ga., pastor is encouraging Christians to lose their religion and become authentic followers of Christ. After 22 years of being in ministry, Brian Bloye of West Ridge Church has seen a lot of people claiming the Christian label but not really knowing how to actually be one.
(RNS) Some of the most successful entrepreneurs in America have never been to high school, don’t use electricity, and would sooner love their competitors than sue them. For generations, the Amish have tended farms tucked away in rural communities like Lancaster, Pa., motivated by a faith that urged them to be in the world, but not of it. But as housing subdivisions and strip malls suck up farmland, many Amish have traded their plows for profits—with remarkable success.
Any baseball fan probably knows the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American in major league baseball. I thought I did, too. Then I came across a book describing how Robinson’s Christian faith also drove his decision to become the major league’s first black baseball player.
For everything, there is a season, says the book of Ecclesiastes. A time to be born, a time to die. A time to love and a time to hate. And definitely a time to laugh.
Memorial Day is when we honor the men and women of our Armed Services who have made “the supreme sacrifice;” who gave their lives for their country.Especially these days, when Memorial Day seems nothing more than a time for cookouts and swim parties, we cannot be reminded often enough about how great a debt we owe our war dead.
AUSTIN, Texas — Oftentimes those who preach sexual abstinence have been told to stop trying to impose their beliefs on others. But what if science could prove sexual permissiveness does great damage to future sexual happiness?