Credo: Jay Bhandari Washington Examiner … the festival of lights celebrating the triumph of good over evil, shared by people of faiths including Hinduism , Sikhism and Jainism.
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Credo: Jay Bhandari – Washington Examiner
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
Nevada (US), Oct 16 : Hindus have expressed concern over Bollywood and Hollywood not staying true to the story and the spirit of Hindu scriptures when making movies about those.
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Hindus express concern about "Ramayana-The Epic" film
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
Thursday night I had the pleasure of attending the Make a Difference concert in San Jose, CA. I've looked forward to this concert for weeks and got to go with two of my best friends from church. (Waving at you, Trish and Deb!) What a night! Standing there and watching Toby Mac, Third Day and Michael W
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Weekend Devo — We Rocked the House
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
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have an open house today and later this month for a new meetinghouse in Bulverde designed to accommodate its nearly 3,600 members north of San Antonio and in the Texas Hill Country.
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Open house set for new Mormon facility in Bulverde
Ed Brayton invites us to look at the argument they’re making [in the Obama administration]: Obama’s Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips to stay her ruling that overturned the ban while the government prepares a formal appeal. Asking the judge for a response by Monday — “given the urgency and gravity of the issues” — the government said that suddenly ending the ban would be disruptive and “irreparably harm the public interest in a strong and effective military.” What a bizarre position
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‘Bizarre’ Is One Word For It
In stillness I immerse myself in the endless stream of being in which I live, but which is usually concealed under the noisy chatter of daily consciousness. In stillness, on rare occasions, the division between me and not me has dissolved, and there is no border between them.
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In stillness, noisy boundaries disappear