Health wealth and vegetables
No meat is served on certain days of the Lunar New Year as well, to accumulate good karma for the coming year. According to John Kieschnick, reader in Buddhist studies at the University of Stanford, ...
View ArticleSydney Muslim leaders call for tolerance
As a report shows many Australians hold negative views towards Muslims, Sydney community leaders stressed Islam condemns violence, addressing crowds marking the holy day of Eid ...
View ArticleMaine Catholics speak out for same-sex marriage
Maine's Catholic church teaches that marriage is the lifelong, exclusive union between a man and a woman, but that's not stopping a group of Catholics from speaking out in favor of...
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Give Up Your Weak Definition of ‘Disciple’ John Starke: Sermons, talks, and books on discipleship usually give a basic definition of disciple as “learner.” But the New Testament gives us a more...
View ArticleA Chayil Woman
By Kathi Woodall – Chayil. That single Hebrew word has transformed my image of who we are, not only as wives, but as women. “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies”...
View ArticleMy Car or My Oversized Purse?
By Janet Morris Grimes - While the gas was pumping, rather than cringe at the rising prices, I chose instead to clean out my car. I started with the trash, which proved to be a series of receipts or...
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Catholic chapel to open near Okla. abortion clinic
Warr Acres, Okla., Oct 26, 2012 / 03:58 am (CNA).- Catholic pro-life advocates in Oklahoma plan to open a perpetual adoration chapel and counseling offices next to an abortion clinic in hopes of...
View ArticleCatholics Called to Witness (CC2W) Endorses Florida Amendments 6 & 8
Contact: Gail Coniglio, Teresa Tomeo Commnications, LLC, 954-554-3967, gail@teresatomeo.com PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Oct. 26, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Catholics Called to Witness (CC2W.org) makers of...
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Yorkshire monks auction jewels from a libertine prince
One of the Bad Kings from '1066 and All That' is posthumously doing his bit for a great northern centre of spiritual lifeOne of the most unusual auctions to be held in the north of England in recent...
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PH Catholic clergy hopeful Cebu archbishop would be made cardinal too
SPECIAL MASS Pope Benedict XVI presides over the canonization Mass. AFP MANILA, Philippines--Will Cebu get a cardinal next year? Filipino clergymen are hopeful that Pope Benedict XVI would again ...
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Rachel's Influence
At the end of the patriarch Jacob’s life, Joseph brings his sons to his father for a blessing. This scene, recorded in Genesis 48, includes a seemingly odd statement by Jacob: "And as for me, when I...
View ArticleLatino Voter Turnout May Be Key to Presidential Race
If President Barack Obama wins reelection, Latino voter turnout may be a key factor. Latinos were a big part of Obama's base in 2008 and comprise large portions of the electorate in some key swing states.
View ArticleFor second election in a row former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell...
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year’s election. He told ...
View ArticleThe subtle language of Amish business signs
A writer for the Washington Post visits the New Wilmington, PA Amish community in this article. It’s a pretty straightforward Travel section piece. One paragraph did jump out at me: Craftsmen and...
View ArticleHAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN VI
As those who have have been hanging around here for the past few years know, the approach of Halloween means that the time has come once again for the B-Movie Catechism to present it’s annual...
View ArticleTop Picks Jesus Christ Superstar in movie theaters Neil Youngs memoir and more
Jesus Christ Superstar UK Rock Spectacular comes to select US movie theaters Oct. 29 and Nov. 1. This satellite event comes from NC Fathom Live, and includes a retrospective on the ...
View ArticleGovernor Romney for President: The Right Man at the Right Time
America is at a fork in the road and must choose between a President Barack Obama who wants to remake America in the model of a European welfare state and a Governor Mitt Romney who wants to restore a...
View ArticleThree Characteristics of a Godly Friend
“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” (Prov. 27:17) While most every men’s group on the planet has used this for its theme verse, there’s a really important reminder for us here: We need...
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