Word: jesus
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...Her/Him as "Mother and Father." So decided a legislative General Conference in Louisville last week as it endorsed a Book of Worship with innovative options for America's 8.9 million United Methodists. The most startling new prayer, unearthed from the 11th century writings of St. Anselm, is addressed to Jesus: ". . . In truth, Lord, you are my Mother...
...always preparing to shoulder that burden. She could read at three. Her mother was a devout Christian who taught her girls to emulate Jesus. But it was her father -- a dedicated doctor who never refused a call, an unusually enlightened man who preached women's equality, a socialist and a founder of the P.L.O. -- who profoundly defined her outlook. "Be daring," he told Hanan, "in the pursuit of the right." He made his children learn English from babyhood. Early on, he gave Hanan a copy of Nehru's diary, and she remembers the impact to this day: "I discovered...
...left the church and was an apostate for most of my life. I called myself an agnostic, which simply means I was too lazy to figure it out. I returned to the church, luckily enough, about six months before I was kidnapped. I believed in God, I believed in Jesus Christ, I believed in the things the Catholic Church believed in. Well, not all of them. I'm not sure the Pope would like me too much, but I am a Catholic, whether he likes it or not. And thinking seriously about my religion was providential, I guess, because...
...story starring John Huston, reached the stage of a 2 1/2-hr. work print. But in 1979 the film, partly financed by an Iranian company, was seized by the Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic revolution. Don Quixote, which Welles shot in spare moments over three decades, has been edited by director Jesus Franco and will be shown next week at Seville's Expo...
Much of the multilingual talent is a dividend from the missionary work performed by the Salt Lake City-based Mormon Church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For decades the church has sent thousands of young men (and a few women) each year on missions to win converts around the world. They spend at least two years in an assigned region, preaching the Mormon message and living side by side with locals. With more than 8 million members worldwide, the church has 44,500 missionaries serving in 95 countries and 26 territories...