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Entries by Rev. Anne Howard from 03/2011

Mary Magdalene: A Heroine Of Biblical Proportions

| Posted 03.08.2011 | Religion
Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Christianity, Heroines, Mary Magdalene, New Testament, International Women's Day, Women's Day, Religion News

I wanted, with all my 14-year-old earnestness, to be Mary Magdalene. What I wanted to emulate, as a 14-year-old and now, all these decades later, what I want all women to emulate, is her passion, her bold passion.

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A Smudge of Ashes

| Posted 03.09.2011 | Religion
Read More: Ash Wednesday, Communion With God, Ash Wednesday Reflection, Spiritual Journey, Christianity, Christian Calendar, Lent, Christian Path, Religion News

It was that smudge of ashes that reminded me of things I had learned in my earliest days of Sunday School, and at the same time told me that now I was in startling new territory.

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Japan, Nuclear Power, and a Sense of Shame

| Posted 03.29.2011 | Religion
Read More: Japan, Japan Nuclear Radiation, Iodine, Nuclear Radiation, Peace, Iodine Tablets, Radiation Sickness, Religion News

"If we cannot cultivate a passion for what one human being owes to another, what are we?" The rabbi's words have been resonating within me with every news report I see from Japan.

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