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Clergy, too, battle porn addiction—often alone
(RNS) For years, the Rev. Bernie Anderson carried a shameful secret -- one he feared would destroy his marriage, his career, his standing in the community, even his spiritual identity.
He was addicted to pornography.
Like many others facing a similar struggle, the pastor, now at Wasat...
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Crystal Cathedral is cautionary tale for pastors
(RNS) The cash-strapped Crystal Cathedral's pending transformation from a Protestant megachurch to a Roman Catholic cathedral should teach pastors not to spend millions on ornate buildings, a megachurch scholar says.
A bankruptcy judge on Thursday (Nov. 17) approved of the sale of the...
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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup: Crystal Cathedral, Benetton, OWS
Occupy Wall Street protesters are on the move in Manhattan and elsewhere, and clashes with police are being reported.
A banker-turned-Hindu monk says his OWS comrades need to meditate, not excoriate:
"Anger won't solve anything," Rasanath Das, a former New York investment banker, tell...
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Catholics to launch shelter for Anglicans on Jan. 1
(RNS) A new Roman Catholic structure for Anglican converts in the United States will be formally launched on Jan. 1, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington announced Tuesday (Nov. 15).
The structure, technically called an ordinariate, will function like a non-geographic diocese. Converti...
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Friday Godbytes
Today is 11/11/11. Freaked out yet?
Some folks in Egypt sure are spooked: officials are closing access to the Great Pyramid near Cairo after rumors circulated that some groups were planning to hold special rituals to mark the unique date.
Jews in the Netherlands are getting nervous th...
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As injured vets return home, congregations reach out
NEWTON, Mass. (RNS) Some wounds of war are all too visible -- a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul are often more difficult to spot, and equally hard to treat.
But those who know where to look can help them heal, and it's a message that is hitting home...
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Jobs’ private spirituality now an open book
(RNS) He considered moving to a Zen monastery before shifting his sights to Silicon Valley, where he became a brash businessman.
He preached about the dangers of desire but urged consumers to covet every new iPhone incarnation.
"He was an enlightened being who was cruel," says a forme...
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Author goes from unbeliever to (imperfect) saint
RNS) Raised in a secular home by a nonreligious mom and an angry atheist dad, Jana Riess could not have imagined herself as any kind of saint, let alone a latter-day one.
But step by inexorable step, God beckoned her, Riess says, toward belief in Jesus Christ, degrees in religious stu...
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Monday Godbytes
Do you like infographics? Yes? Good, because OpenBible.info, a website dedicated to extracting data from the Bible, just released a "Sentiment Analysis to the Bible." The analysis (visualized at left), reportedly displays "good" or "positive" happenings in the bible in black and "bad"...
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