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Jack Levison: After The Jelly Beans Are All Gone Comes Pentecost

2013-05-19T00:52:47Z

It's official: the end of the Easter season. Pretty soon, in fact, the church will settle in for a long summer of what it calls ordinary time. But not yet.

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First Look At 'Wonderland,' And ABC's New Lineup

2013-05-14T13:02:54Z

After unveiling their 2013-2014 schedule, ABC released a first look at some of their hotly anticipated new shows, including "Once Upon a Time in Wonde...

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Susan Buchanan: Tensions Ease Between A New Orleans Church And A Mall's Developers

2013-05-13T11:05:15Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the May 13, 2013 edition.)

Ground breaking for Magnolia Marketplace--a two-story mall on nea...

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WATCH: Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter With 'Holy Fire' In Church

2013-05-05T09:34:02Z

In this stunning video, Orthodox Christians welcome the Holy Fire, a miracle that Orthodox Christians believe occurs every year on the evening before ...

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Nelly van Doorn-Harder: Easter Greetings In Egypt: 'May You Be Well Every Year'

2013-05-04T18:05:02Z

So, what exactly do Egyptians say for Easter greetings? Christians tell each other "`Ied Qiyama Magid," "Happy Feast of the Resurrection." But all Egyptians can wish each other: "Kulle sanna wa enta tayyeb." May you be well every year!

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Orthodox Easter Resurrection: The Gift Of Liberation And Call To Compassion

2013-05-04T08:06:53Z

The Resurrection challenges us to reflect on where we most deeply experience hostility and disunity. Images of this reality abound: Within the space of only a few weeks, in America alone, we have painfully witnessed the loss of children to gun violence, the loss of life to religious radicalism and the loss of residents to a plant explosion.

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Justine Frangouli-Argyris: My Humble Greek Lean Easter

2013-04-30T15:30:22Z

It will definitely be a lean Easter! But what is Easter for us Greek Orthodox?

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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble: The 'Arab Spring' And The Christian Nightmare

2013-04-26T12:14:33Z

In the Orthodox Church, the Saturday before Palm Sunday is set aside to remember the raising of Lazarus from the tomb. Orthodox Christians around the world have joined in prayer that the two bishops kidnapped will be released from their tomb as well. There has been enough weeping.

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Anne Marie Roderick: Soul Force In The Wake Of Boston's Tragedy

2013-04-23T16:44:26Z

In spite of recent developments and whatever new developments may come to light, the purpose for Christians remains. We must not grow fearful or suspicious of our neighbors; Jesus gives us the soul force to love our neighbors.

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V. Rev. Fr. Anastasios Gounaris: The New Passover

2013-04-23T14:52:18Z

Holy Week is not a celebration of long ago events. It is the reliving of Christ's Passion and Resurrection in the present.

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Robert C. Crosby, D.Min.: Getting Through Your Gethsemanes

2013-04-11T13:48:21Z

The final week in Jesus' life included especially great depths and heights: He faced a dark night of the soul in Gethsemane, a torturous cross and, ultimately, a glorious resurrection. Identifying with Jesus in His journey keeps us focused and faithful in ours.

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Travis Reed: WATCH: Walter Brueggemann On Lent And Good Friday

2013-04-11T12:28:09Z

Walter Brueggemann on Lent, Good Friday, Easter and the "shutdown" of the way it used to be: an invitation to neighborliness and newness.

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Rachel G. Hackenberg: What's The Character Of Your Church?

2013-04-11T11:02:11Z

I am increasingly convinced that there are three kinds of churches and that these three church types exist across denominations and worship styles, from small churches to megachurches, in rural and urban settings alike.

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Obama Recalls Holy Land Trip At Easter Prayer Breakfast

2013-04-06T11:05:10Z

By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS) As he gathered with clergy at the White House Friday (April 5), President Obama recounte...

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Greg Schwem: Shed Those Pounds Through Sex and Vacuuming!

2013-04-04T18:03:25Z

"The app says kissing is a form of sexual activity and that's an exercise," I countered. "By the way, if we ramp it up to 'active, vigorous sex' for three hours, we will burn 514 calories."

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Rev. Chuck Currie: Doomsday vs. Resurrection

2013-04-04T10:41:02Z

We can turn the darkness around us in the brightness of noon, as the Prophet Isaiah said, if we live out the core principles of compassion and peace that are shared by the world's great religions.

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Robert David Jaffee: Obama Needs to Roll Boulder for Mentally Ill

2013-04-03T21:10:34Z

On Friday I attended an exhibit opening for a young artist who has schizophrenia. If only President Obama could have attended, because events like these would go a long way toward decreasing the stigma surrounding those with mental illness.

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Obama Pastor Did Say That About Religious Right

2013-04-03T18:14:25Z

WASHINGTON -- On Easter Sunday, President Barack Obama went to services at St. John's Episcopal Church, where the Rev. Luis Leon preached a 15-minute ...

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Greg Carey: Why Our Bodies Matter

2013-04-03T16:47:27Z

Jesus' resurrection is not merely a spiritual thing -- the apparition of his ghost, or his ongoing spiritual influence. The Gospels all insist that the resurrection includes Jesus' body.

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John Backman: When Easter Is No Comfort: A Jesus For The Darkest Times

2013-04-03T12:30:17Z

Not only does God stand with those who are suffering. God also stands with those who are suffering and cannot return the favor. Whether I could drag myself to church made not one iota of difference to this solidarity.

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Mark Osler: Breakfast: The Miracle After Easter

2013-04-03T12:17:42Z

Jesus tried to teach us this more than once. What he told us to do in remembrance of him was to share a meal. To break bread, sit down and eat.

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David Briggs: Who Is Winning The Competition Between Sports And Religion?

2013-04-03T11:49:05Z

Survive and advance is one mantra of teams in the NCAA basketball tournament culminating in the Final Four. One strategy for churches struggling in a sports-obsessed culture may be a similar strategy: Adapt and advance.

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Jacada Travel: How to Celebrate With Travel

2013-04-02T18:50:06Z

Jacada Travel and the team turned the ripe old age of five-years-old this month, and with the upcoming Easter weekend and Spring break we've been thinking quite a lot about how many people (including our clients) use travel and great trips to celebrate a multitude of occasions.

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Paul Gondreau: My Disabled Son's Special Vocation: To Show People How To Love

2013-04-02T15:26:53Z

Why is the whole world so moved by images of this embrace? A woman in the Square, moved to tears by the embrace, perhaps answered it best when she said to my wife afterward, "You know, your son is here to show people how to love."

Read more: Pope Francis, Easter, Disability Theology, Pope Francis Hugs Disabled Boy, Fathers of Disabled Children, Dominic-Gondreau, Disability, Resurrection, Fathers, Religion News

Karen M. Wyatt, M.D.: Blessed Are They Who Mourn

2013-04-02T14:19:30Z

It is clear that I must now make a new home for myself within my own heart. There I must create a door that is always open, a light that burns eternally, a spark that cherishes my name, and a blessing of continual self-forgiveness.

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