Religious Faith - period ended 4.1.2006

Religious Freedom/Crime and Punishment/Vandalism/Meetinghouse/Reporter's Notebook: Vandalism blooms with spring's arrival/The Columbian/Tri-Cities/WA/USA/25-Mar-06//... lately. Wuulf said New Life Friends Church had been hit 10 times around the same time Memorial Lutheran noticed an increase in crime. ...

Religious Faith/Renewal/Foster, Richard/Conference Will Discuss Path to Spiritual Renewal/Winchester Star/Winchester/VA/USA/16-Mar-06//... The conferences and programs provided by Renovaré — the Latin word for renewal — are based on the theological writings of Richard Foster, a Quaker and author of several books, including his best-known work, “Celebration of Discipline.”

During the conference, participants will learn how to use the various disciplines Foster talks about in his book — such as fasting, prayer, and meditation — to achieve spiritual renewal. ... /

Religious Faith/Religious Diversity/Bible//Oxford reader takes issue with Bible claims/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal/Tupelo/MS/USA/26-Mar-06//... An abstract of the most recent census list 35 different "denominations" of Christianity including Catholic, Mormon, Quaker, and Baptists. ...

Religious Faith/Politics and Economics/Garver, Newton/Lecturer: God is not a politician/Poughkeepsie Journal/Poughkeepsie/NY/USA/26-Mar-06//By Michael Valkys. That was the title of a lecture hosted by the Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting of Friends Saturday at the Quaker meeting house off Hooker Avenue. ...

Religious Faith/Determination///Mom's comeback -- seen through daughter's eyes/The Grand Rapids Press/Grand Rapids/MI/USA/19-Mar-06//... En route to a master's degree, this quietly determined Quaker drops 100 pounds, learns to drive, starts going to the theatre and stuns virtually every member ...

Religious Faith////Church has poster contest/Marion Chronicle Tribune/Marion/IN/USA/2-Apr-06//First Friends Church, 2211 N. Wabash Ave., mission commission sponsored a "I Love God and First Friends Church" theme poster contest recently. ...

Religious Faith////Ethelred the Unready was on to something/Daily Mail/Charleston/WV/USA/31-Mar-06//... The potential power of a citizen jury was shown in 1670 when William Penn went on trial in London for preaching a Quaker sermon when the Church of England was ...

Religious Diversity///Purpose drivenPublishing late husband's book about life a labor of .../Elkhart Truth/Elkhart/IN/USA/31-Mar-06//... believer. Three months later they were married. He was raised a Catholic, she a fifth-generation Quaker. The wedding was Methodist. ...