Religion
Sharing God’s love: Service for dogs – with all the trimmings – is effort to attract parishioners, comfort seniors
LOS ANGELES – When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.
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The adventures of Clothman: Car giveaway going strong for needy families
It is time to throw a really big party!
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Voices of Faith: Self-induced trouble can still lead to new start
Today’s question: Should you not ask for help in getting out of a situation that you created?
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Religion briefs for Saturday, November 14
CD party at St. Anthony presents local musicians
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Texas leads the way: Some Anglican parishes set the stage for Vatican plan for married priests
ARLINGTON, Texas - At Saint Mary the Virgin Catholic Church, the 75-year-old priest is married, members sing from an Episcopalian hymnal and parishioners kneel at the altar to receive Communion.
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Community of Faith: Awaken to homeless troubles
Area congregations explore becoming hosts to shelter, feed
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Community of Faith: End of times? Been there, done that
There is a lot of talk these days about the world coming to an end in 2012. My sense is that the world ended a long time ago. We just forgot. Or as one first-century rabbi put it: "The End of Times already came and went. So there is nothing left for us to do but engage in deeds of love an…
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Religion briefs for Saturday, November 7
Brass, piano on tap for '2nd Wednesday'
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Belief in New England: Evangelists increasingly target Northeast ‘mission field’
WATERTOWN, Mass. - It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway.
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Community of Faith: Make Montana God’s country, in a new way
This past summer I returned to Missoula after nearly two years of living and working in south central Michigan. While Michigan is a lovely state in its own right and has many advantages (auto industry issues notwithstanding), I have referred to my return to Missoula as a repatriation to G…
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Poverello to celebrate 35th year: Party set for Nov. 4 at downtown location
Thirty five years ago the Poverello Center opened its doors to Missoula's hungry and homeless. Those doors have been open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ever since.
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Religion briefs for Saturday, October 31
Rabbi Winkler to hold sessions on Kabbalah
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Switching sides: Religion reporter now a minister
From publishing to pulpit, Wisconsin man felt ‘called’ to each
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The adventures of Clothman: Acknowledging abuse can make way for a future
Michael Moore recently wrote a terrific and sad Missoulian article in which Jim Jones and Don Havranek alleged that their priest, Father Bernard Harris, repeatedly molested them and several other boys some 50 years ago. I'm certain the story stirred up a blizzard of emotions for anyone wh…
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Little Sisters of the Poor celebrate founder’s sainthood
LOS ANGELES - Organizing a country-western hoedown was a first for the nuns. So were the carne asada sale and the trips to the casino.
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Religion briefs for Saturday, October 17
'Why of Jewish Missions' is topic of presentation
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Tested by discipline: The Way runs Denver’s Redemptoris Mater with throwback regimen to rules of decades ago
DENVER - The seminarians' wallets are empty, except for driver's licenses and insurance cards. To buy cigarettes or clothes or anything else, they must ask their superiors for money - an exercise in obedience and a reminder that material things aren't important.
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Community of faith: Time to bear witness against racism, hatred
A stranger came to my office last week, asking to speak to me. He'd been reading the Bible and received a revelation from the Lord that our president would be assassinated, that black people would start a civil war in response, and go after the whites. My sacred duty, he said, was to warn…
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Religion briefs for Saturday, October 10
UCC series gears up with piano, vocals concert
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Influential Unitarian: F. Forrester Church died last month in New York
The Rev. F. Forrester Church's prolific writing and engaging sermons from the pulpit of All Souls Unitarian Church in Manhattan helped to define Unitarian Universalism and relate its beliefs to the larger culture.
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Community of Faith: Grant boosts funding for 3:16 treatment program
The Missoula 3:16 Rescue Mission has been awarded a $143,500 matching grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, which will allow them to purchase their School of Christ men's addiction recovery facility, currently occupied on a three-year lease option.
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Community of Faith: Engaging in good works will lift your spirits
Since Labor Day, I'm sure that our parish has not been the only one doing the usual fall work of getting regular fall programs up and running. The many good works, and the organization of these, has given me pause to think about how, in my own lifetime, the church has brought the world to…
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Religion briefs for Saturday, October 3
Pets welcome to church Sunday for blessings
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Criminal to Christian: Former bank robber founded 5 prison ministries, tells his story in book ‘Held Hostage’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A slug from a .357-caliber Magnum ended Ken Cooper's 13-year career as a bank robber and started him on the path toward redemption and a network of five prison ministries.
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Community of Faith: Biblical interpretation can wind up ‘my interpretation’
I finally got around to it. I'm reading "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. Written in 1719, this story is the unfolding life of Crusoe, who, at a young age, picks his own course in life as that of a seaman. Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, he learns in what survival consists. He also…
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