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COMMENTARY: Going abroad, finding the peaceful spirit of Islam, breaking down stereotypes
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS and a member of the board of World Vision.)
UNDATED _ Most people live quiet lives of faith, believing because they want to or need to in order to make it through each day.
But there are others who brandish be...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: Sales of the sounds of Christmas
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Here are some of the top seasonal albums that consumers were buying in the weeks before Christmas 1997:
Mainstream stores:
THE GIFT, Kenny Rogers (Word)
CHRISTMAS EVE AND OTHER STORIES, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Atlantic)
O HOLY NI...
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NEWS STORY: Steven Curtis Chapman named"artist of year"at Dove awards
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(RNS) Singer Steven Curtis Chapman and dc Talk member Toby McKeehan were the big winners Thursday (April 24) at the Gospel Music Association's 1997 Dove Awards.
Chapman won artist, male vocalist and songwriter of the year honors and received a fourt...
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NEWS STORY: TV rating plan gets bad reviews from many religious groups
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Television's proposed new rating system for programming, which the major networks plan to begin using Jan. 1, generally flopped with the religious community, drawing responses that ranged from harsh condemnation to cautious concern.
The p...
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TOP STORY: AFTER THE FALL: On the road from sin to redemption, Bakker discovers a new reality
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) A decade ago, when the PTL television ministry was at its peak, Jim Bakker was so busy raising money he hardly had time to read the Bible.
Now, after five years in prison and two years of introspection on a rented North Carolina farm, he con...
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MEDITATION: OUR FELLOW PASSENGERS: The real mystery of TWA Flight 800
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Eugene Kennedy is a writer living in Chicago.)
(UNDATED) Old railroad stations, John Cheever observed, were built like cathedrals: Their vast spaces invited meditation, the sun fell through great windows on marble floors and pew-like benches.
Here...
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BODY & SOUL: Winning isn’t necessarily good for the soul
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Body & Soul is a regular column exploring the interplay between spirituality and psychology. Pythia Peay is the author of"Putting America on the Couch,"to be published by Riverhead Books in 1997.)
(UNDATED) Athletic excellence never fails to inspire...
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Girls find comfort in teen magazines
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-For as long as there have been teen idols, there have been teen idol magazines, bridging the chasm between fame and obscurity, girlhood and womanhood.
A 12-year-old may be unable to approach the cutest boy at school or the most popular girl in c...
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Celebrity crushes seen as safe rite of passage for girls
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-His eyes are long-lashed and baby blue. His surfer-boy hair is mussed. He's got a dog named Mac and a cat named Samantha. His ideal date would be an afternoon of fishing and dinner at a Mexican vegetarian restaurant.
His name is Jonathan Taylor...
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TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: Ceremonial voodoo flags now are sought-after art
c. 1996 Religion News Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (RNS)-As barefoot toddlers, skinny dogs and squawking chickens dodged honking cars a few feet away, Edgar Jean-Louis stood solemnly in the doorway of his house and business in this Caribbean capital's impoverished Bel Air neighborh...
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