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...being offered a drink after nearly two months of sobriety: "Wow. What a thing to say. I had heard it a million times. But suddenly it had real weight. Real meaning. It was like a prayer, a promise, and an indecent proposal, all mashed together and sung to a catchy little tune: 'Can I get you something to drink...
...students sought to unite various religious groups. “We thought Thanksgiving would be a perfect time because the ultimate principles are the same across religions,” Hallett said. The emphasis of the night was on giving thanks in different forms as each group shared a prayer before the meal’s start. “Everyone celebrates Thanksgiving,” said CSA’s Vice President for Spirituality Marisol Boc ’09. “It supersedes religion—even if it’s just the people around...
...fully clad, and sadly ponders the fact that when his daughter is 9 she too will be forced to swim in the same restrictive garments. Rapper Mehrak Golestani, a.k.a. Reveal, writes about secret house parties where DJs silence the decks at 5 a.m. so that the first call to prayer can be heard. Khosrow Hassanzadeh satirizes official portraits of "martyrs" in the war with Iraq by painting his friends in the same style...
...could hardly remember the particulars anymore. Roxanna’s fingers, trailing delicately through his matted locks, were like tongues of divine fire; and her tongue, wherever it landed on Frederick’s body, felt like Jesus’s fingers. Frederick’s body and prayer climaxed as one. He stood slowly and continued down the hall.And then he entered the kitchen, and there she was, standing in front of a window with the light pouring in around her. (And could he really be sure that she was not glowing?) He spoke...
...avatar of the New Evangelicalism, which is increasingly contesting the priorities of classic religious-right figures like James Dobson. Given all this, it was not surprising that Hunter delivered the closing benediction at the Democratic Convention in August, or that he was asked to join Tuesday's prayer circle...