Word: preaching
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...right, naturally drives us to provide leadership in environmental and human health,” said HSPH Manager of Operations, Energy and Utilities Daniel O. Beaudoin. “We recognize the negative health, economic, and environmental impacts associated with the inefficient use of energy. Lets practice what we preach by taking this pledge and demonstrating our commitment to health through conservation. We expect 100 percent participation...
...appeals court will hear Green's case in January, and he hopes he'll get a reversal. "I cannot see that we shouldn't have a right to preach the faith we have?particularly when it's based on the word of God," he says. The word of God has nothing to do with it, counters Christine Gilljam, who works with the Swedish ombudsman responsible for combating sexual discrimination. "If others had made the same kind of speech about ethnic minorities," she says, "they would have gone to prison...
...they're not going to preach--and on opening night there were no lapses into sanctimony--how exactly does a group of musicians hope to accomplish its tantalizingly vague goal of change? Voter registration is the old standby response, but Pennsylvania's deadline to register is Oct. 4, three days after Friday's shows; Florida's deadline is also Oct. 4, four days before Vote for Change comes to town. MoveOn.org says it has gained 200,000 new members by linking ticket sales to its website, and organizers expect to raise $10 million to fund Democratic voter-mobilization group America...
...Irshad Manji, author of the provocative book The Trouble with Islam. "'Or look at what the U.S. is doing in Iraq.' It's hard these days to get beyond that." Egyptian cleric el-Guindi, who has a large following among affluent Muslims in Cairo, says he can no longer preach in public because of pressure from conservative clerics who object to his brand of liberal Islam. "These days," he says, "it is extremely depressing to be a Muslim preacher with a moderate message. The surrounding circumstances form a huge stumbling block...
...Together with Marumba and Pastor Rhys, last June the trio helped construct a temporary church shelter from scrap metal on the community common. "We put it up to show the people that there is a church here," says Smith. "Out here in the open, we can preach to anyone." Marumba won't be doing too much of that in the distant future; he'd like to take his wife and two young sons back to Kenya for a holiday. "I'm very tired," he admits. "Much too much." Already he can do some resting on his laurels. Out here...