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Kristeen Young: growing up in a religious home, she lived by the rules. Now this glam-rock chanteuse has made an album about breaking the bible's top ten
One night last year, Kristeen Young was holed up in a sweltering, humid apartment in Lisbon, Portugal, when she was struck by an idea of biblical proportions: ......(Continue Reading) What about Mary? Protestants and Marian devotion
The name of the Theotokos expresses the whole mystery of God's saving dispensation.--St. John of Damascus (655-750) In the doctrine and worship of ......(Continue Reading)Sanctified and suffering: too many of us interpret God's word in ways that leave us victims. Here's how to find a spirituality that will empower
I recently received phone calls from two friends who have chosen to remain in relationships that pummel away at their spirits. Both women say that God ......(Continue Reading)Une 'tite poule grasse ou la fille ainee [a little fat chicken or the eldest daughter]: A comparative analysis of Cajun and Creole Mardi Gras Songs
A common aspect of rural Louisiana Mardi Gras is the Courir du Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Run), a begging quest in which a band of costumed merrymakers travel ......(Continue Reading)Ripple effect: gay issues surround Lutheran assembly - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - implications of Episcopal appointment of gay bishop
THE EVANGELICAL Lutheran Church in America's top legislative body had a full plate as it convened in Milwaukee in mid-August--major statements or initiatives ......(Continue Reading)
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