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...tackles several profound issues: the heir turns out to be store manager Molly Mahoney, played by Natalie Portman, but taking charge doesn’t come easily to her. When Mahoney learns that Mr. Magorium is planning to leave the store, she must overcome her lack of confidence and faith and deal with the loss. Together with an accountant named Henry (Jason Bateman) and Eric (Zach Mills), a talented but lonely boy, Mahoney learns to believe in herself and the inner “sparkle” which helps her step up to her new role. If the plot sounds...

Author: By Jenny J. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL, former spokesman for Tony Blair, on why Blair avoided talking about religion while in office. Blair now says his faith was "hugely important" to his performance while he was British Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...easy to forget that the jovial Mike Huckabee is campaigning as a Christian-right candidate. But his latest TV ad is a pretty good reminder. The words Christian Leader flash across the screen while Huckabee explains that "faith doesn't just influence me, it really defines me. I don't have to wake up every day wondering, 'What do I need to believe?'" He also exhorts religious conservatives to "live or die" by the belief that life starts at conception. Evangelical support has led to a recent Huckabee surge in Iowa, and this ad could boost those numbers further...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

Attending a secular university presents difficulties in religious students’ daily routines, but it often also reinforces their faith, student group leaders said at a panel discussion yesterday. The panelists, who represented Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Jewish student organizations, also discussed how students manage to balance religious and academic commitments, and how they maintain their faith in classrooms that sometimes challenge it. “I remember sitting there listening to them say religion was just a means of cooperation,” former Harvard Hillel vice president Joshua C. Wertheimer ’08 said, recalling...

Author: By Max J Kornblith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Interfaith Council Sponsors Discussion | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...Minister Saud al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia, whose country opposes boycotting Hamas, says that neither Hamas nor hard-line Israeli parties need be given a veto over progress. "You have that kind of position on both sides," he told TIME. "We hope reasonable people, people of peace and good faith, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Iran and Hamas Sink Annapolis? | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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