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...could I ever be. I passed my Science A course this semester on a proverbial wing and a prayer. I can’t do derivatives without breaking the calculator, can’t do chemistry experiments without blowing things up, can’t give blood without quaking in fear. Medical schools would pay me to stay 500 yards away. What can I do about cancer...
Titles that are more explicitly based on the Bible are also growing in popularity. The Prayer of Jabez for Teens (Multnomah Publishers) has sold more than 800,000 copies since it came out in July, while the Extreme for Jesus series (Thomas Nelson) is the largest brand of Christian teen books and Bibles in the world. Started in 1999, the company has so far sold 1 million books and Bibles. The books, including journals and fiction, are to regular religious literature what skateboarding is to skipping, and the imprint plays up the association with extreme sports. "Church has been made...
That has always been a problem for Republicans seeking to woo Jewish voters and financial support. Opposition to many pet causes of the Christian right, such as school prayer, has kept most Jews firmly in the Democratic camp. But that may be changing. At the AIPAC convention last week, one of the most enthusiastically received speakers was DeLay, the born-again Christian who has lately positioned himself as the most ardent Zionist in Congress. At the grass roots, Jews say they feel a growing solidarity with Fundamentalist Christians about Israel. "I listen to Rush Limbaugh now," says Moira Klein...
...according to Brother Curtis Almquist, who is the mild-mannered, bespectacled superior of the monastery, the typical life of a monk is not one that lacks intensity. The monks have five prayer gatherings each day. Each monk also spends one hour in early morning meditation in his individual cell, which is a little smaller than the average Harvard single bedroom. Guest rooms, which are similar to the monks’ living quarters, are available to any layperson who desires to spend up to a week living a life of quiet reflection. The walls of each room are bare except...
...abuse crisis, he has been adamant about one thing: not maintaining tradition, not protecting reputations, but safeguarding the children. Gregory was among the first to call abuse a crime - breaking from earlier Church teachings that insisted it was moral weakness that could be curbed, even stopped, through vigorous prayer and religious counseling...