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Even before I started writing for this column, my faith walk was already on display for all to see. You see, I’m a pastor’s wife. My words, actions and emotions are on display throughout the week. I know that others in our church may be watching and, perhaps, registering silent admiration or disdain for what I do and say.
Time to change Rabbi H. Scott White of Congregation Ohev Sholom in Prairie Village: American Judaism’s three major streams are not in accord on this question, at least regarding communal worship. Orthodoxy remains committed to all-Hebrew liturgy and to prohibiting instrumental accompaniment on Sabbath and Holy Days. Reform Judaism, by contrast, always has approved of significant liturgical modification to meet the needs of the day.
I’m not sure there has been a more divisive issue within mainline Protestant denominations than homosexuality. Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and other groups have been torn, deciding whether to accept and even ordain those who have made a commitment to love a person of the same sex. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that homosexuality is an “objective disorder,” though gay and lesbian Catholics meet in support groups.
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People pursuing a spiritual path often ask about “enlightenment.” Some say that enlightenment is a state of understanding, acceptance and peace, perhaps even bliss, with miraculous powers.
COLWICH, Kan. | On the first day — long before the lawyer from the Vatican showed up, long before talk of saints and miracles — young Chase Kear lay on the edge of death in the intensive care unit. It was an accident: pole vaulting.
The 16-year-old, dressed in black with a silver chain and cross around his neck, bounded down from the platform and paced back and forth across the front of the sanctuary and up the aisles. Dozens of youth watched Justin Mackey’s every move and listened to his free-flow of words. Adults lifted their hands and called out “amens” in agreement.
One of the country’s largest Christian denominations is addressing the nation’s financial crisis with what it hopes will be a spiritual teaching moment as well as a cost-saver. Fifty United Methodist Church bishops in the United States will roll back their salaries by 4 percent next year in what Bishop Gregory Palmer of Springfield, Ill., president of the Council of Bishops, says is a gesture of solidarity with others hurt by the global economic downturn.
The third annual “Faith in Action Sunday,” which challenges churches to close their doors on a Sunday morning and go out to serve their communities, will take place on Oct. 11 this year. Faith in Action was developed by World Vision, Zondervan and Outreach Inc. in 2007 to encourage churches, ministries and small groups to serve and meet practical needs in their communities.
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