As he led Mass at Mission Concepción Sunday, after the Spanish Colonial church had been closed for more than half a year for renovations, Archbishop José Gomez thought of the priests and congregants who’d stood in this same sanctuary 255 years before him.
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After six-month renovation, Mission Concepción rededicated
It’s been a slow news month in the world of ecumenicism. I mean, if it weren’t for Louis Farrakhan shooting off his lip again, Kenneth Copeland’s jet and Ed Young’s palatial “tax-exempt” estate (wink), I would not have enough spray paint on this wall to fill a huffer’s need to get high.
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Resurrection. Shmesurrection. Bring on the Bunnies!
What should pastors do if they no longer hold the defining beliefs of their denomination? Do clergy have a moral obligation not to challenge the sincere faith of their parishioners? If this requires them to dissemble from the pulpit, doesn’t this create systematic hypocrisy at the center of religion?
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Disbelief in the pulpit
I just started a website devoted to astrological jewelry . Though obviously related to my spiritual interests, this is a commercial project: everything that someone buys on that site earns me a percentage. (my disclaimer) One of the things I present there are amulets made of semi-precious gemstones
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Do gemstones correlating to the zodiac offer protection?
In Previous post we read about Tibetan Festival about TIPA performing Arts in Bangkok, Thailand. Again i am going to inform you about a Exhibition AVALOKITEŚVARA: Buddhist Paintings from Nepal, Selections by Robert Beer , This exhibition, organised by Serindia Gallery, Bangkok ( see map for Gallery ).
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AVALOKITEŚVARA: Buddhist Paintings from Nepal
This video can… and does a good job too. In marketing, we call it an “elevator pitch”. Essentially, cut the crap and get to it.
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Cross Eyed: Can you define Christianity in 2 minutes or less?
So, it’s been a few days since I last dawned a bottle of spray paint and got busy on the Wall. Let’s see God… how do I get my mojo back? Sleezy televangelists
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Farrakhan warns Obama about the “White Right”
Yes, that’s tongue in cheek headline. For those not ‘in the know’, Koot Hoomi was one of Blavatsky’s Masters . With his friend Morya he wrote a lot of letters that form some of the earliest theosophical literature.
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KH, Koot Hoomi and Katinka Hesselink
In response to the new gay marriage law in Washington, Catholic Charities closed its adoption and foster care programs and cut spousal benefits to future employees — to avoid providing services to homosexual couples. If a church or other religious charity receives government funding, should it follow all government rules, including those against discrimination based on sexual orientation? Or should government exempt such organizations from requirements that violate particular religious beliefs?…Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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Do religious convictions trump government rules?
2/18/10 – On-Cho Ng, Ph.D., professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, presents The Confucian Come-back: Tradition, Modernity, and Ideology in Contemporary China, detailing the revival of Confucianism.
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The Confucian Come Back, presented by On-Cho Ng, Ph.D.