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COMMENTARY: The bewildering ethics of compensation
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 _ I wanted to write about the corporate executive who earned more than $200 million last yea...
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COMMENTARY: In today’s world, computers not baseball provide life’s metaphors
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 _ Pitchers and catchers have reported for spring training, heralding another year of baseball...
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COMMENTARY: Answering questions about Ramadan
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Salam Al-Marayati is director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles.)
UNDATED _ As Christians and Jews complete their holiday season, we Muslims begin ours with the start Friday (Jan. 10) of Ramadan, the month during which Islam teaches...
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COMMENTARY: Promise Keepers rally has newspaper editor soaked to the soul
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Jerald Hyche is a regional editor at the Mobile Register in Alabama.)
BIRMINGHAM _ I'm not what you'd call a holy roller, by any means. And although I'm well aware of the men's movement that has defined the '90s, I've not been known to run through th...
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COMMENTARY: This sports madness, too, shall pass
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(UNDATED) It comes as no surprise that Americans are increasingly obsessed with sports. Athletic competition has so permeated our psyches, our culture and...
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COMMENTARY: Remembering my father, with sadness and joy
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, of Sudbury, Mass., is the author of nine books. The following commentary, suitable for Father's Day, is taken from his latest book,"Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary,"published by Jewish Lights Publis...
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COMMENTARY: Born-again values have a place on playing field
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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COMMENTARY: These strange things we call bodies
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of"Turn Toward the Wind"and publisher of Religion News Service.)
(RNS)-In light of the recent allegation that Princess Diana has dimpled thighs, and her tearful denial that any fat has invaded her body, I have a confe...
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NEWS FEATURE: Ditka and his Saints are in throes of religious awakening
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS _ Choked with emotion, Mike Ditka rested his hand over his heart and took a deep breath.
``God puts people in places for a reason,'' Ditka said. ``Gang, I had no intention to coach again. I'm here because it's his will.''
It was May 3, l...
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Tips on how to shop with a conscience
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Worried that your child's toys or that fashionable sweater might be made in a sweatshop? Here are some tips from the experts on how to be ethically aware as you shop:
Reward the leaders
Observers agree that the pioneers include Levi St...
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