(2008/11/22)
I won’t soon forget the sound of my 9-year-old cousin singing a popular song about having sex on the bathroom floor.
(2008/11/22)
Handmade religious articles from the Holy Land are on sale today and Sunday at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral, Sixth and Main streets. Statuettes, rosaries, nativity sets and other items may be purchased after Masses at 5:30 p.m. today and 7, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds will help support Catholic Christians in Bethlehem.
(2008/11/22)
MINNEAPOLIS — When senior Melanie Teichner walks across the University of Minnesota campus, she is hardly unusual. Yes, she sports two tattoos, but her discreet images are modest compared with many of her fellow students’ skin art.
(2008/11/22)
SEATTLE — As gay-rights advocates continue demonstrating against the Mormon church, some saying the religious denomination crossed a church-state line and should be stripped of its tax-exempt status, experts say the church was well within its rights to act in support of California's gay-marriage ban, Proposition 8.
(2008/11/21)
I leave home and return home to the same gesture most days: a hug.
(2008/11/21)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s dinner time in the small, two-bedroom apartment near Sacramento City College. One by one, five students gather around a well-used dining room table for a meal that begins with a prayer.
(2008/11/21)
An Advent at-home retreat and a daytime Advent prayer are upcoming events at Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St. The retreat, mostly at home in everyday life, begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 and ends at 7 p.m. Dec. 15. It includes four meetings with a guide at a mutually convenient time. At its conclusion, there is a group discussion. Cost is $25. The prayer runs from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3, 10 and 17 with Sister Joan Weisenbeck, FSPA. The prayers celebrate the season of Advent, and themes are “Inviting the Light into the Darkness,” “Cradling Our Longings” and “Peaceful Birthing.” Participants may attend one or more prayer times. A free-will donation will be accepted. For more information, call (608) 791-5295.
(2008/11/21)
Anyone with an interest in Eastern Orthodox iconography, female saints or who simply likes to look at stunning photography would do well to check out graphic designer and photographer Jocelyn Mathewes’ Women With Icons portrait gallery at www.jocelynmathewes.com/womenwithicons.php.
(2008/11/14)
In the Rio Grande, Nemecia’s legs froze. It was night. The river was cold. As hypothermia set in, she told her companions to leave her behind.
(2008/11/14)
On Monday, Mary Dunn, advisory librarian at La Crosse Public Library, will present ideas and suggestions for new publications and older reading material during a meeting of 3MF, a program/luncheon series for retirees at First Presbyterian Church, 233 West Ave. S. The program begins at 11 a.m. followed by a $5 lunch at noon. Make reservations at the church or by calling (608) 784-4248. All are invited.
(2008/11/14)
Did you know that the Bible contains 1,000 references to the planet but only 490 references to heaven and 530 references to love? Could this mean God is the supreme tree-hugger?
(2008/11/14)
Stacey Kalas | La Crosse Tribune Faith-based communities looking to become “Congregations of Conscience” will find ideas at savedarfur.org, a Web site devoted to the crisis in Sudan. Scroll down under the “For Activists” tab to “Faith Outreach” for an action guide that encourages congregations to host a screening and discussion of the documentary “Darfur: A Call to Action.” Also posted are discussion guides for Christian, Muslim, Jewish and interfaith groups. Other ideas center on advocacy and fundraising, and there’s a spot for groups to share projects and prayers.
(2008/11/07)
A young man, 26, has diabetes but no health coverage. He works, but his jobs don’t offer health insurance, and he doesn’t earn enough to pay for it himself.
(2008/11/07)
A pre-election prayer service will be at 7 p.m. Monday at French Island’s Olivet Lutheran Church, 2100 Bainbridge St. It is open to the public; (608) 783-1484.
(2008/11/07)
In 1961, after John F. Kennedy’s Catholic faith proved not to be an insurmountable barrier to the White House, Billy Graham predicted that religion would never again be such a divisive force in elections.
(2008/11/07)
PHILADELPHIA — The Rev. David Moyer still remembers the gasp as the beautiful young bride came up the aisle.
(2008/11/07)
If you’re Christian, today is All Saints’ Day, and if you’re a Catholic Christian, tomorrow is All Souls’ Day. If you’re a Wiccan in the northern hemisphere, you started celebrating Samhain at sundown yesterday, and in the southern hemisphere, Beltane. Baha’is will mark the birth of Baha’u’llah at sundown Nov. 11 and Sikhs the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib on Nov. 13. The Nativity Fast begins Nov. 15 for Orthodox Christians.
(2008/10/31)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
(2008/10/31)
“The Jewel of Medina,” Sherry Jones’ hot-potato novel about the Prophet Muhammad and his child-bride Aisha, comes not from a field of spuds, but a Mideast quarry some consider bedrock-hard in its historical clarity, others soft and uncertain.
(2008/10/31)
LOS ANGELES — Ultimately, Anne Rice decided that being an atheist was just too damned hard.
(2008/10/31)
A pumpkin party will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, 233 West Ave. S. The event is free and open to all children in fifth grade and younger. The party will feature carnival games, crafts, fun snacks, a cupcake walk and a pinata. Non-scary Halloween costumes are welcome.
(2008/10/31)
Whether it’s a confession, a cry for help or a simple “thank you,” you can share your prayers — or simply vent — at Dear God (www.dear-god.net).
(2008/10/31)
Nicholas Ames, Alex Hansen, Shelby Jacobson, Samuel McCormick, Olivia Olson, Maggie Pierce and Jordan Shue will be confirmed Nov. 2 at Bethel Lutheran Church, 1931 Loomis St.
(2008/10/24)
When David Rhoads performs Paul’s Letter to the Galatians on Tuesday, he will stand steeped in diversity.
(2008/10/24)
A brat sale by Holy Trinity Parish youth will be from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today at Quillin’s Foodfest, 3954 Mormon Coulee Road. Cost is $2 for a brat or $3 for brat, chips and beverage; (608) 782-2028.
(2008/10/24)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Financial analysts, advisers and observers are trying to help worried consumers as they face bad economic news in jobs, housing, prices and other areas.
(2008/10/24)
My son was 9 when he asked me what Buddhists believe. Having sort of a vague idea, I stammered a response that an adult would have been hard-pressed to understand, let alone a child. Luckily, inquisitive children of all ages will find a straight-forward introduction to the basic beliefs, history and celebrations of the world’s major religions and spiritual traditions at www.uri.org/kids/world.htm.
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