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...couple, who belong to the Congregational United Church of Christ in St. Charles, Ill., were particularly moved by a ceremony in which they were baptized in the same River Lydia in northern Greece where Paul is believed to have baptized Lydia, a merchant who, after hearing Paul's Gospel, became the first woman to embrace Christianity. Seeing where John the Evangelist is believed to have written the Book of Revelation also enriched their understanding of Scripture. But not all of their journey was religious. "We also took a five-day Mediterranean cruise to Mykonos, Ephesus, Crete and Santorini," says...
...hear. We've heard in ways we hadn't heard before the problematic nature of our decisions. Especially in places where Christians are functioning in the face of Islamic culture and mores, evangelism is a real challenge. [But] these decisions were made because we believe that's where the Gospel has been calling us. The Episcopal Church in the U.S. has come to a reasonable conclusion and consensus that gay and lesbian Christians are full members of this church and that our ministry to and with gay and lesbian Christians should be part of the fullness of our life...
...musical risks. “American V: A Hundred Highways” is the fifth, the latest, and the last in a decade-long partnership with Rick Rubin, producer of the Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their projects bucked Cash’s conventional gospel and country material, sticking mainly to alternative- and classic-rock cover songs. However, this album is confessional in a way “American IV: The Man Comes Around” only began to broach. The collection of 10 covers and two original pieces is the sound of Cash coming...
...coma since November; in Scottsdale, Ariz. At age 7, Preston started directing choir sessions at his Los Angeles church before impressing larger audiences with such hits as Nothing from Nothing and Will It Go Round in Circles? Yet to such peers as Bob Dylan and the Beatles, the gregarious, gospel-influenced virtuoso, who also wrote You Are So Beautiful for Joe Cocker, was the most coveted session player of his era. Preston--who George Harrison said kept the Fab Four together on their final, tumultuous recording, Let It Be--famously accompanied them in their last concert...
When Sabreena Boyd was 11, she stood before the congregation at the New Jerusalem Full Gospel Church in Muscatine, Iowa, and asked for a new family. A member of the church's Sunday school, she had recently been placed in a foster home after her mother could no longer care for her. "I gave a speech saying that I wanted to be adopted by a Christian family, a loving family," recalls SaBreena, now 20. Stuart and Tina Juarez, a recently married couple who heard her speak that day, were impressed by SaBreena's maturity and after much soul searching decided...