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NEWS STORY: Big companies increasing their charitable giving
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Bouyed by the booming economy and public expectations, the nation's richest companies say their charitable giving will grow 11 percent this year, according to a new survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The new figures reflect a continuin...
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COMMENTARY: Resurrecting the legacy of Mother Teresa
c. 1998 MSNBC
(Joan Connell is editor of the Opinions section of MSNBC on the Internet.)
UNDATED _ The mounds of ready-made, cellophane-wrapped bouquets that have come to symbolize popular sentiment over the death of Princess Diana are piling up again to mark the first anniversary...
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NEWS FEATURE: FROG bracelets have answer for WWJD question
c. 1998 Religion News Service
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ So you're familiar with WWJD, the spiritual and marketing phenomenon that has teenagers asking,"What would Jesus do?"But are you ready to leap to FROG?
An Indiana company says it has the answer: Fully Rely On God, or FROG.
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COMMENTARY: What we see isn’t always reality
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a pastor, writer and software developer living in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
UNDATED _ My 7-year-old angel gets himself dressed for a choir performance at church. As he walks forward to sing, I notice he's wearing an old YMCA soccer shirt and...
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COMMENTARY: Proper goodbyes
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a pastor, writer and software developer living in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
UNDATED _ In our ongoing sampling of Saturday morning breakfast places, my seven-year-old son and I visit Mr. Waffle and quickly add another entry to the"Great"categ...
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COMMENTARY: Everyday revelations, everyday blessings
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of"My Brother Joseph,"published by St. Martin Press.)
UNDATED _ November begins in the Roma...
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COMMENTARY: Church off on wrong foot for millennium celebration
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: Thomas Jefferson was a sinner and so am I
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _"Beware, your sins will find you out,"was a warning repeated by my youth minister to his flock of rowdy teenagers in the hope of scaring us into good behavior.
As a firm believer in an omnipotent God, he only hinted at how God might catch us...
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COMMENTARY: The promise next time
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the publisher of Religion News Service.)
UNDATED _ In the end, it was a greasy doughnut that brought me down.
After weeks of resisting gourmet offerings and home-cooked temptations, it was a Dunkin' Donuts presentation in a ca...
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COMMENTARY: The promise next time
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the publisher of Religion News Service.)
UNDATED _ In the end, it was a greasy doughnut that brought me down.
After weeks of resisting gourmet offerings and home-cooked temptations, it was a Dunkin' Donuts presentation in a ca...
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