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NEWS FEATURE: Former Football Saint Takes Hit, Bounces Back With Higher Power
c. 2004 Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS _ Danny Abramowicz never does things halfway.
As an undersized but furiously competitive end on the football team at Xavier University in Ohio in the mid-1960s, he ``worked out like a maniac.'' Doing isometric exercises at his mother-in-la...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2004 Religion News Service
Survey: Blacks Practice Religion More Than Other Groups
(RNS) Black Americans are the most likely to participate in religious activities like prayer, Bible reading and worship attendance, compared to other racial and ethnic groups, a survey shows.
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COMMENTARY: Doing What’s Normal
c. 2004 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C. Visit his Web site at http://www.onajourney.org.)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. _ The University of North Carolina's aqua...
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COMMENTARY: Here’s My Plan
c. 2003 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.)
(UNDATED) I am waiting my turn for a haircut. The Twins are pasting the Yankees. All is well. Over crowd fer...
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COMMENTARY: Beyond the Rules
c. 2003 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.)
(UNDATED) Expressions of love flew across telephone lines and the Internet, not to mention old-fashioned hug...
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COMMENTARY: Jim Brown and My Dad
c. 2003 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J., and a fellow of the George H. Gallup International Institute in Princeton, N.J.)
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NEWS FEATURE: Couple Seeks to Teach Parents to Control Sports Rage
c. 2000 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The news shocked the nation: an irate father beat another father to death in front of the man's children during an argument at a youth hockey game near Boston.
But for coach and former professional athlete Jim Sundberg, the story of parental...
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NEWS STORY: `Modern Magi’ Nearing End of Journey to the Holy Land
c. 2000 Religion News Service
ALLENBY BRIDGE, West Bank _ They camped in Bedouin tents in the lush green fields along Iraq's Euphrates River, rode on camelback across deserts in Syria, trod in winter rain and hailstorms, and sang Christmas hymns under the stars with Arab Christians...
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NEWS STORY: `Modern Magi’ Nearing End of Journey to the Holy Land
c. 2000 Religion News Service
ALLENBY BRIDGE, West Bank _ They camped in Bedouin tents in the lush green fields along Iraq's Euphrates River, rode on camelback across deserts in Syria, trod in winter rain and hailstorms, and sang Christmas hymns under the stars with Arab Christians...
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NEWS FEATURE: NFL’s Felonious Off-Season Renews Debate Over Role Modeling for Kids
c. 2000 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Mark Chmura wasn't just a Green Bay Packers tight end, outspoken critic of Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct and United Way example of what's supposed to be good and noble and true about the National Football League.
Chmura was a child's hero...
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