Religious Diversity - period ended 10.15.2006

Religious Diversity / War /// ON A SPIRITUAL PATH: Nine denominations share Lockwood Ridge Road ... / Bradenton Herald / Bradenton / FL / USA /14-Oct-06//…Buddhists will soon sit on meditation cushions within blocks of Muslims bowing toward Mecca, Hispanic evangelical Christians singing for a solid 45 minutes and Quakers talking about a world without war..... Farther south is the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, with its Memorial Garden that has become the lifework of one man; a Quaker Friends meeting house; La ...

Religious Diversity / Spiritual Journey / Calgary Friends Church / Temple, Kelly / Reaching out with sermons from the pod / Globe and Mail / Toronto / Ontario / Canada /8-Oct-06//… Pastor Kelly Temple often laces his sermons with folksy stories about himself and his family. But he doesn't just speak to the 500 worshippers who gather at his Calgary church each Sunday morning: His addresses can also be heard around the world via the Internet.

“We want to help people who have no spiritual journey start a spiritual journey. I think that the cool thing about the Internet is it gives them control over that journey so they don't feel like we're pressuring them,” said Mr. Temple, who is lead pastor at the non-denominational Friends Church….

Religious Diversity / Simplicity / Silence / Hill, Frances / Quakers’ quiet appeal / The Wilmslow Express / Winslow / England / UK /12-Oct-06// ... Frances Hill, spokesman for the Friends Meeting House in Bourne Street, said: "There have recently been a series of Quaker Quest meetings to boost ...

Religious Diversity / Santa Cruz Friends Meeting / deValcourt, John / Ross, Deborah / Power of silence: Quakers work for peace as part of spiritual path / Santa Cruz Sentinel / Santa Cruz / CA / USA /15-Oct-06// ... Each Sunday, members of the Santa Cruz Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends gather for silent worship at the Quaker Meeting house off of ...

Religious Diversity / Rowland, Betsy // The devout celebrate their diversity / Reno Gazette Journal / Reno / NV / USA /5-Oct-06//... In 1980, Betsy Rowland met Sami Fadali at a Spanish class at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

In January, Rowland, a Quaker, and Fadali, a Muslim, will celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary.

"My life is about interfaith dialogue," said Rowland, of Reno. "I don't think we are all that different. There's a huge fund of similarities we have to draw on each other." ...

Religious Diversity / Environment / Deri, Rosalie // Churches push Al Gore film / SunJournal.com / Portland / ME / USA /4-Oct-06// ... people together," Bradlee said. "I do see this as a spiritual issue," said Rosalie Deri, a Quaker in Farmington. She has linked ...

Religious Diversity /// ComLinks cuts new ribbon / Adirondack Daily Enterprise / Saranac Lake / NY / USA /6-Oct-06// ... family, Friday’s event marked a way in which the spirit of the building, which was once a Christian Science church and still houses Quaker meetings, could be