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NEWS SIDEBAR: The birth of Jesus according to the Infancy Gospel of James
By RNS Blog Editor — December 18, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Here’s a condensed account of the birth of Jesus as recorded in the ancient Infancy Gospel of James. While packing for the trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem to enroll in the Roman census, Joseph is consumed over how to register Mary:”As my wife? I’m ashamed to do that. […]
EASTER FEATURE: Finding ways to tell children about Easter
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ When Richie Kluesener was about to become a new dad, he wanted to find a way to help children understand the complex Christian beliefs about Easter, a teaching tool that”would glorify the Lord and tell the story.” When his search came up empty, he and his wife Shelley […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: The many ways to take a break at work
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Experts recommend an array of techniques to help employees”entrain”their over-stressed nerves to a rhythmic pace more conducive to peace of mind: _ Stephan Rechtschaffen says it is through practicing”mindfulness”during the little pauses in everyday life _ the time, for example, it takes for one’s computer to boot up, […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Excerpt from the lyrics of the song”Not Natural”
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Here are excerpts from the song”Not Natural,”on the compact disc”Bold”by Angie and Debbie Winans: “I was chilling on my couch one night Looking at my screen TV There were people celebrating and congratulating The new addition to the gay community I was vexed in the spirit And I […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Cities where “Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi” will be broadcast
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Here is a list of cities _ with contact numbers _ in which local groups will gather to watch a closed-circuit broadcast from Madison Square Garden of the 10th”Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi”scheduled for Sept. 28.. Atlanta (404-870-1626); Baltimore (410-578-8055); Boston (617-566-4420); Chicago (773-274-0212); Cincinnati (513-631-1118); Cleveland (216-321-5355); […]
EARTH DAY FEATURE: Rain forest shamans call for”earth-honoring”to save environment
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ In 1968, John Perkins lay dying of an intestinal infection in the remote depths of a rain forest in Ecuador. A Peace Corps volunteer, he had lost 35 pounds and was days away from the nearest hospital. But through the intervention of an elderly Shuar shaman _ a […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Mining the gold in the dark side
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ In their book”Romancing the Shadow: Illuminating the Dark Side of the Soul”(Ballantine), psychotherapists Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf tell how to heighten self-awareness of the personal shadow. Often, said Zweig, we can see our shadow reflected in psychological”projections”_ strong reactions to people we interact with. A person may […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: A conversation with Presiding Bishop Browning of the Episcopal Church
By David Briggs — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ When the Episcopal Church meets in General Convention in Philadelphia July 16-25, Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning will round out his 12-year term as head of the 2.5 million-member church. In a conversation with RNS correspondent Ed Briggs, Browning reflected on the achievements and disappointments of his […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: The Five Points of Calvinism
By Karen Long — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Calvinism is a theological system formulated in 16th-century Swiss reformer John Calvin’s central writing,”Institutes of the Christian Religion,”and codified by the Synod of Dort (1618-1619) in the Five Points of Calvinism. Although Calvin’s theology involves much more than his theories on salvation, the Five Points are the most […]
NEWS FEATURE: Eds: Repeating for all who need, with new information after the 12th par
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ He has hiked the Rocky Mountains and has guided inner-city youths in Outward Bound-style adventures. But for decades, Robin Wainwright’s big dream has been to make a camel trek through the desert steppes of Iraq and Jordan _ guided by the stars that led the biblical Magi from […]
COMMENTARY: The Death of a Prison Guard: A Chaplain’s View
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) UNDATED _ I have an eerie feeling in my bones. It is a sense of uncertainty and anticipation, such as one […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Sales of the sounds of Christmas
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Here are some of the top seasonal albums that consumers were buying in the weeks before Christmas 1997: Mainstream stores: THE GIFT, Kenny Rogers (Word) CHRISTMAS EVE AND OTHER STORIES, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Atlantic) O HOLY NIGHT, John Berry (CPX/EMI) CHRISTMAS, Kirk Franklin & the Family (GospoCentric) HOME FOR […]
TOP STORY: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: Martin Luther King Jr.‘s search for a `beloved community
By RNS Blog Editor — January 10, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-He is celebrated as a civil rights leader, a social reformer and a great orator, a towering figure of 20th-century pacifism and political leadership. But the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was also a theologian, a title often forgotten each Jan. 15, on the anniversary of his birthday. Yet it […]
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — January 1, 1970
ATLANTA (RNS) A campaign to arrest an African warlord generated awareness in more ways than the effort’s co-founder Jason Russell could have ever imagined. The “Kony 2012″ campaign captured widespread attention for its push to arrest Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which abducts and forces children to become soldiers. For a grass-roots […]
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