Jeff Baker
Jeff Baker is an author at Religion News Service.
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Author explores paradoxes of Puritan America
By Jeff Baker — October 21, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Sarah Vowell loves the Puritans, who left England in search of religious freedom and then condemned and expelled those who didn’t believe exactly as they did. “What can I say?” Vowell said. “I love a contradiction. Massachusetts was supposed to be this community of like-minded individuals, but basically it […]
Success of `The Expected One’ Was Rather Unexpected
By Jeff Baker — September 6, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ Kathleen McGowan had a normal childhood, growing up in an Irish-American family in Granada Hills, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles. She’s living a normal Southern California existence now, the mother of three boys and the wife of a musician. There’s no indication as she sits in […]
NEWS FEATURE: Living Simply: Author Struggles to Practice What She Preaches
By Jeff Baker — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Marie Sherlock, author of a recently published guide to simplifying family life, has a confession to make. “We have two PlayStations,” she says. “They’re an evil thing in our basement.” A guide for parents who want to adopt a less materialistic, more fulfilling approach toward family life, “Living Simply […]
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