Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Religious Faith / Diversity - period ended 12.1.2006

Religious Faith/Tolerance/Simplicity/Rosen, Barbara/Gathering welcomes all faiths in call for tolerance/Mail Tribune/Portland/OR/USA/25-Nov-06//... Noting the "sense of hollowness" to our "overcrowded lives" and the coldness of our hi-tech communications, Quaker elder Barbara Rosen said our deeper thoughts ...

Religious Faith/Silence/Programmed/Be Still: Time for reflection is a gift we should give ourselves/Winston-Salem Journal/Winston-Salem/NC/USA/22-Nov-06//...Even most Quaker churches have gone to programmed meetings. I am not sure that this is a good thing. A period of silence is so foreign to most of us that after three minutes of silent meeting, we begin to fall apart and our minds start wandering. So rather than sampling the religious Sunday morning menu, I decided to just sit quietly and think about whatever came into my mind.. ...

Religious Faith/Religious Diversity/Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting/Bradley, Ruth/Keeping hope alive/Auburn Citizen/Auburn/NY/USA/22-Nov-06//... Ruth Bradley, pastor of the Quaker Friends meeting in Poplar Ridge, agrees that religion can be good for the individual and the community.

She thinks religion must be respectful of individual differences while at the same time stand for something.

“We have our ups and down, as any church community does,” Bradley said. “Right now, we actually experience a season of vitality.”

She suggests that people visit www.beliefnet.org to test their beliefs and find a religion or sect that best fits their needs.. ...

Religious Faith/Religious Diversity//A reader blog about liberal religion with the Rev. Matt Tittle/Houston Chronicle/Houston/TX/USA/17-Nov-06//... I was more surprised at the Quaker, but I guess that is my commitment to non-violence and my tendency to be more introverted and contemplative than otherwise ...

Religious Faith/Religious Diversity//Belief in brief: Peace churches/Columbia Missourian/Columbia/MO/USA/19-Nov-06//... The Church of the Brethren, the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, and the Mennonites are the world’s major peace churches, which focus on ...

Religious Faith/Quaker Information Center/Goose Creek Friends Meeting/Janney, John/ The Simple Life Loudoun Times-Mirror/Loudon/VA/USA/22-Nov-06//... the silence. According to the most recent count by the Quaker Information Center, there are nearly 350,000 Quakers worldwide. The ...

Religious Faith/Meetinghouse//How many Rosses is TV news worth?/Press Gazette/London/England/UK/26-Nov-06//... places. It allows me to hold my opinions without feeling compelled to walk into a Quaker Meeting House and deny the existence of God. ...

Religious Faith/Does, Phil/Riverside Friends Church/Christians await message of 'The Nativity Story'/Mason City Globe Gazette/Mason City/IA/USA/30-Nov-06//... Pastor Phil Does of Riverside Friends Church, Mason City, said he likes to see the Hollywood version of Bible stories. “I like to see the spin. ...

Religious Diversity///Judy Russell: Historic church will host Interfaith Thanksgiving .../Oshkosh Northwestern/Oshkosh/WI/USA/19-Nov-06//... Presbyterian, First United Methodist, Fox Valley Islamic Society, Oshkosh Baha'i Community, Oshkosh Zen Group, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Sacred ...

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