Atheism and religion are often portrayed and treated as polar opposites; although there is a strong correlation between being an atheist and being irreligious, there is no necessary and inherent connection between the two. …
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Can Atheists Be Religious? Are there Religious Atheists?
Valerie McClintick is the mother and official keeper of the crayons in a Christian homeschool family in Oregon. Valerie created several websites that each offer a ton of crafty projects to help children learn
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Fabulous, Fun, Free File Folder Games!
All together now, let’s say the words of wisdom that I learned as a Baylor University undergraduate: No non-NoZe knows the no-nonsense, non-NoZe news that the NoZe knows. Let me stress that I was not a member of the NoZe Brotherhood during my years at Jerusalem on the Brazos. I definitely was not cool enough and there was a good chance that my GPA was not high enough (my stab at taking Hebrew was a disaster) — or both.
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Only the NoZe knows, you know?
We had a beautiful Taize service in my parish the other night. The reflection was offered by my friend Lynn, the parish’s Faith Formation Supervisor. The readings she selected to accompany the music focused on prayer and included today’s Gospel reading, the passage in Luke’s Gospel where Jesus tells the parable of the persistent widow
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Persistent Listening
Back in July, we sprawled all over this Wall about some sanctimonious loon who decided it would be a grand idea to burn a wheelbarrow full of Qu’rans in an effort to talk smack about Muslims on September 11. Never mind that only an underground stink tank full of extremists committed those heinous acts on
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Here’s a driving reason to burn a Qu’ran
A woman accused of leading a cult that has damaged the lives of scores of people is working as a psychologist with vulnerable patients at a community mental health service in Queensland. Natasha Lakaev’s Universal Knowledge organisation was offering courses until last year that prophesied the world would end in December 2012 and almost everyone except her devotees would die. A former member of her inner circle, Carli McConkey, has told The Sunday Age that Ms Lakaev was physically violent and psychologically manipulative, and had persuaded her followers that she was the Queen of Atlantis, a reincarnation of Jesus Christ, and one of 12 members of the Intergalactic Council of the Universe
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Alleged leader of cult, Natasha Lakaev works as psychologist
There was a massive “game-changing” development in stem cell research last month, but you probably didn’t hear about it. So what else is new? The short of it is that scientists figured out an improved method to efficiently produce safe alternatives to human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos.
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Got news? Quiet ‘game-changer’
This week was the final session of the Fall Reflection Series I’m offering at the University of St. Thomas Law School, titled, “Jesus Speaks.” The series seeks to deepen our appreciation of fundamental Christian teachings drawn from the words of Christ.
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Fall Reflection Series – Growing in Discipleship
In ‘Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited,’ photographer Rick Nahmias finds in marginalized communities, from deaf Mormons to a transgender choir, stories of spirituality and dignity.
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Finding the faith that links disparate Californians
Indy Channel News today reports that in response to an ACLU lawsuit filed earlier this month, the Fairfield, Indiana school district board voted unanimously yesterday to end a Bible class that was offered in the district’s New Paris Elementary School.
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School Board Drops Bible Class In Response To Lawsuit