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COMMENTARY: Bring on the instant replay
c. 1999 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS.)
UNDATED _ It hasn't been the best spring.
Natural disasters have hit unnaturally hard. We're ambivalent about being involved in a war and confused about who is winning. We are afraid we don't know what's goi...
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NEWS STORY: O’Connor tackles Little League, youth soccer
c. 1998 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ Less than a month after taking Major League Baseball to task for holding games on Good Friday, Roman Catholic Cardinal John J. O'Connor has taken on a larger dragon to slay _ Little League Baseball and youth soccer leagues that play on Sunday...
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NEWS FEATURE: Black youth minister at white church finds different kind of bias
c. 1998 Religion News Service
NEW MARKET, Ala. _ The Rev. Conley Bush is no stranger to racial prejudice.
He says he even felt it in his own family while growing up in Moulton, Ala. But the prejudice Bush experienced was atypical from most racial bias directed against blacks _ it...
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NEWS FEATURE: Women finding strength at their own faith rallies
c. 1998 Religion News Service
HARTFORD, Conn. _ For the wives of Promise Keepers, it's payback time. It's their chance to leave the kids with their fathers so they can head out to their own evangelistic rallies.
But unlike the men, the women are not making any promises. They are c...
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COMMENTARY: Feeling disenchanted with (major league) sports
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is the author of"On a Journey,"daily meditations available through Journey Publishing Co. If you have feedback or want to suggest a question for a future column, send e-mail to: journey(AT)interpath.com)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. _ In the war of...
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COMMENTARY: It’s time to rethink our attitudes about winning
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a pastor, writer and software developer living in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
UNDATED _ The U.S. soccer team's quiet fade from the World Cup troubled many Americans. "What's wrong with the U.S.?"asked Yahoo, a leading Web site. Fire the coach....
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COMMENTARY: Mentoring makes a difference in young lives
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Rodolpho Carrasco is associate director of Harambee Christian Family Center in Pasadena, Calif., a faith-based youth program. E-mail him at genxlatino(AT)aol.com.)
UNDATED _ When graduating from Stanford University a few years back, I sadly remembere...
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NEWS STORY: Muslim group, Nike reach accord on disputed logo
c. 1997 Religion News service
WASHINGTON _ The Nike sportswear company and an Islamic advocacy group have reached a settlement after several months of discussion over a controversial shoe logo some Muslims find offensive because it resembles the Arabic word for God.
Nike has apolo...
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NEWS FEATURE: Sunday dilemma for soccer families: play or pray
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Earlier this year, a Methodist pastor in Wauwatosa, Wis., noticed his congregation was shrinking: The choir director had to cancel performances because there weren't enough voices and Sunday school teachers saw drops in attendance.
The Rev....
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COMMENTARY: Tiger Woods phenomenon raises question: is greatness needed for acceptance?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(AT)interpath.com.)
UNDATED _ Tiger Woods _ now there's a name made for greatness. He should have been a boxer.
But wh...
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