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25 Nov

U.S. West and SoCal Set to Hear Vassula Rydén Speak During Worldwide Christian Unity Week

Los Angeles, California, November 25, 2008 - Many groups and individuals from around the U.S. West and the Southern California area are set to hear Vassula Ryden speak on Christian unity, coincidentally during a special worldwide week designated for Christian Unity, Sunday, January 18, 2009, 1:45pm... More

25 Nov

Franklin Graham Visits O.C., Denver And Charlotte—Celebrates 8 Million Shoe Box Gifts Collecte

BOONE, N.C., Nov. 25, 2008--RIGHT NOW, local kids, families and volunteers are helping turn local warehouses into Christmas workshops where a combined 8 million gift-filled shoe boxes will be prepared for overseas shipment and hand-delivery to needy children around the world. Operation Christmas Chi... More

24 Nov

Conferees To Explore How Religious Practice Reaps Health

WASHINGTON, NOV. 24, 2008--Many religions teach that selflessly "doing unto others" brings rewards in the hereafter. But what about the here? A growing body of research shows that religious practices are, in fact, strikingly beneficial at promoting health and general well-being-research that will b... More

24 Nov

TV Documentary on Pornography Addiction and Healing among Professing Christians Premieres on ION Net

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - "Somebody's Daughter: A Journey to Freedom from Pornography" (www.somebodysdaughter.org) will premiere on the ION Television Network (formerly PAX TV) Nov. 30 and Dec. 7. The documentary details the lives of three men and one married couple active in Christian ministry who strugg... More

24 Nov

New Book Presents Holistic Approach to Experiencing Jesus

(November 24, 2008, New York) - We experience Jesus of Nazareth on many levels, consciously and subconsciously. And while many of our perceptions are compatible, others may compete and even conflict with one another, plus our life-long beliefs, and established institutions. Husband-and-wife authors... More

24 Nov

Poll Shows How Americans Will Be Celebrating Thanksgiving This Year

New York, November 24, 2008... There's more than one way that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, as revealed in the results of a new poll conducted by Guideposts.com. When asked, "How will you be spending Thanksgiving this year?" The top answer, even in this down economy, was 39% of respondents sayin... More

21 Nov

Judaism’s Reconstructionist Movement Condemns Bans on Same-Sex Marriage

WYNCOTE, PA: NOVEMBER 21, 2008--The leadership of the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism, one of the four main branches of American Judaism, has condemned the passage of California's Proposition 8 and similar discriminatory initiatives recently passed in Arizona, Florida and Arkansas. The state... More

21 Nov

Programs for World Youth Day 2011 are now available

ROSWELL, GA - Pilgrimages to WYD in Madrid, Spain 2011 are now available at http://wyd.catholicpilgrimoffice.com. Programs range from 9 to 17 days and include WYD only or WYD with tours of Tangier, Madrid, Barcelona, Fatima, Lourdes, Toledo & Escorial, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, major sites... More

21 Nov

Graphic novel draws readers into the frighteningly recognizable world of Paul the Apostle

Saul of Tarsus is good at his job. He's earned a reputation throughout Rome for ruthlessly hunting down "Flesh Eaters," members of a strange and threatening religious sect that meets in secret and worships by eating and drinking the body and blood of their Lord. But what happens when Saul discovers... More

20 Nov

A New (Old) Meaning for Jihad

New book celebrates 19th Century Muslim hero who still unites today Rhinebeck, NY November 20, 2008: Though the history of the Emir Abd el-Kader is virtually unknown today in the United States, it wasn't always the case. When the Muslim warrior-saint died in 1883 the New York Times, in their obituar... More

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