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Updike’s last abode
John Updike was a writer who cared about religion, so it seems fitting to note his death here. Admirers of his work will find these images, of the hospice where he died, sad but irresistible, as we wonder how the master would have described his last surroundings. Maybe he left some la...
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Palestinian Christians share Ramadan spirit
c. 2008 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM _ Hala Jahshan, a resident of the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, isn't a Muslim, but like many Holy Land Christians feels enriched by the Ramadan traditions of Muslim neighbors and co-workers.
``Palestinian Muslims and Christian...
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Forever overhead
We lost a great writer Friday night when David Foster Wallace, known to fans as DFW, passed away, apparently by suicide.
Though he professed to be an admirer of John Donne's poetry and Kierkegaard's philosophy, Wallace was not known to be religious. Likewise, in his essays, short stor...
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Small-town cop tracks struggle in spiritual journal
c. 2008 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
LEXINGTON, Ill. _ Spencer Johansen has been the popular police chief of this rural Illinois town (population 1,900) for 18 years and always thought he'd retire here as the police chief.
But then some seemingly inexplicable things started happenin...
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Petition seeks assisted suicide in Washington state
Initiative 1000 mirrors the Oregon law, which took effect in 1997 after a lengthy court fight, and would allow terminally ill people to obtain lethal prescription drugs for ending their own lives.
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Why does sex play such a large role for fringe sects?
c. 2008 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) What is it with sects and sex?
The Texas probe into alleged child abuse at a polygamous compound started with an anonymous phone call about underage girls having sex with adult men. Reports circulated of rumpled bed linens inside the sect's gl...
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10 minutes with ... Willy Aames
c. 2008 Beliefnet
(UNDATED) Actor Willie Aames is best known in his younger years as Buddy from ``Charles in Charge,'' Tommy on ``Eight Is Enough'' and later as the Christian superhero ``Bibleman.'' His recent book, ``Grace is Enough,'' was co-written with his wife, actress Maylo Upto...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2008 Religion News Service
Christian school gives all freshmen iPod or iPhone
(RNS) Abilene Christian University will be the first university in the nation to provide all incoming freshmen with an Apple iPhone or an iPod touch, according to school officials.
``We are not merely...
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Book chronicles sect’s troubled past
c. 2007 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Like the circumstances of his birth, nothing about Ricky Rodriguez's life was normal. His death, in 2005 at the age of 29, would be no different.
He was born to an American woman, Maria Zerby, who embraced the gospel of ``flirty fishing'' that...
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10 minutes with ... Keith and Molly Moore
c. 2007 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Zachary Moore, though born prematurely in July 2002, seemed normal at first. Slowly, however, his parents began to notice alarming changes in their son.
``We never could overcome issues with lack of weight gain (and) over about a two-week peri...
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