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NEWS FEATURE: Artist’s work is her ministry to the needy
c. 1998 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ Middle-aged men sit scattered around the bare room on a weekday morning, their heads bowed in sleep on dining tables. One man, lost in his own world, makes periodic animal noises.
Above their heads at the St. Augustine Hunger Center is a p...
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COMMENTARY: A lie by any other name
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS and the mother of two sons.)
UNDATED _ At the school my sons attend there is something called The Honor Code.
The Honor Code says you must not cheat or steal. But even more difficult is the admonition that a s...
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COMMENTARY: The television that ate our family
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS and a recovering teleholic.)
UNDATED _ It started as a family experiment, a way to help my younger son concentrate more on his education and less on entertainment.
But it's become one of the most family-changi...
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NEWS STORY: Religion finding its way on to prime-time television
c. 1998 Newhouse News Service
UNDATED _ First there was ``Touched by an Angel.'' And its ratings success begot ``Promised Land,'' which together begot others such as ``7th Heaven,'' ``Soul Man'' and ``Nothing Sacred.''
But it was when the self-proclaimed ``domestic goddess'' Rosea...
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The long arms of Disney
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Here's a partial list of the holdings of the Walt Disney Co., which the Southern Baptist Convention voted to boycott June 18:
Theme parks/Vacation entertainment:
Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif.
Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla.
Disney Cruise Li...
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NEWS FEATURE: Nativity display is a sight to behold
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Otto Freudenberger may have spent a career as an aeronautical engineer, but he never questioned his wife's design specifications when it came to helping her with her biggest art project, ``Come to the Manger.''
``I just cut exactly...
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NEWS FEATURE: Artwork’s witness: You can burn buildings, but not the church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE _ When the news of the spate of church burnings entered the national consciousness last year, there were many responses: churches raised money, corporations gave building materials and people young and old volunteered to aid rebuilding efforts...
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NEWS FEATURE: Artwork’s witness: You can burn buildings, but not the church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE _ When the news of the spate of church burnings entered the national consciousness last year, there were many responses: churches raised money, corporations gave building materials and people young and old volunteered to aid rebuilding efforts...
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NEWS FEATURE: Did Dylan, the pope sell out in their joint appearance?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Which is odder: Pope John Paul II's choice of a middle-aged Jewish folkie to inspire Catholic youth? Or a counter-cultural icon's decision to play for a culturally conservative cleric like the pope?
Music critic Tim Riley, author of"Hard Rai...
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COMMENTARY: TV ratings system are an inadequate guide for parents
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of"Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy"(HarperCollins), and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.
UNDATED _ One side...
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