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Tulsa church keeps families together during worship
Tulsa WorldChildren's church, youth group, Sunday school, and men's and women's fellowships have been part of the American church scene for generations. A new Tulsa church does not fit that pattern. "We leave kids together with their family in worship," said the...Tags: Baptist, Protestant Convention, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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James Turrell shapes perceptions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...
Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Rituals, Fine Artists, Psychology, Weather
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GIS to guide pilgrims, worshippers in Makkah
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities branch in Makkah said that SCTA is developing an application for a geographic information system (GIS) to guide pilgrims to places of their lodging and how to move around to perform the religious rituals....Tags: Rituals, Travel, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Career and Workplace, Tourism and Leisure
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Outspoken Baptist editor and minister R.G. Puckett dies at 80
The News & ObserverR.G. "Gene" Puckett, a minister who found he could have a greater influence through the press than from the pulpit and who presided over the North Carolina Baptists' newspaper when the denomination was undergoing one of its greatest periods of upheaval,...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Raleigh, Baptist, Protestant Convention, Religion and Belief
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Tradition remains the basis of Hispanic quince parties
Miami HeraldWhenever someone would ask my mother what a quinceanera party was, she would always say it's just like a wedding, but without the groom. There's some truth in her statement. A big elaborate dress is worn, a ceremony is held and parents end up with...Tags: Rituals, Customs and Tradition, Services and Shopping, Dance, Mexico
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Pastor promotes power of pulpits
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.A pastor who recently spoke to a group of child advocates in Oak Hill wants to help other clergy understand the power of their pulpits in working to better the lives of children and families. In a place like West Virginia, where child poverty and broken...Tags: Rituals, Methamphetamine (drug), Substance Abuse, Religion and Belief, Separation of Church and State
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Spirit in the wind in western Anatolia
The Lebanon Daily StarCAPPADOCIA, Turkey -- A bright blue sky hanging over central Anatolia darkens suddenly and summons the kind of ferocious wind that forces the teeth to grind down on bits of sand and the locals to shutter their souvenir shops. It is the same coarse...Tags: Caves and Caverns, Rituals, Trips and Vacations, Interreligious Dialogue, International Travel
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Review: A shattered land tries to pull back together in 'Joe Turner'
The setting for August Wilson's magnificent "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" is a boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, but the spiritual location is a crossroads between the ghostly past and the forbidding future, slavery and freedom, despair and hope. The...
Tags: Rituals, Glynn Turman, Arts and Culture
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Immigration reform divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...Tags: Barack Obama, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Human Interest, U.S. Congress
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Blessings hand hospital workers spiritual support
The chaplains at the Chicago area Adventist hospitals know the staffs' hands that dispense medication, perform surgeries and mop floors are crucial to carrying out the hospitals' mission. That's why, this month, many of those nurses, surgeons and...
Tags: Rituals, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics
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Orthodox Easter arrives, with bells, chants and rose petals
A moment as mysterious as the sacred idea it celebrates – the crucified Christ's decent into Hades before his resurrection – arrived Saturday morning at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in a cascade of rose petals and a cacophony of bells,...
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My Word: Prayers from diverse faiths for our nation
Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. It's not a public holiday. We won't get a paid day off from work. The mail will still be delivered. And banks will be open as usual. So what exactly is this special day? The National Day of Prayer is merely an...Tags: Rituals, Islam, Religion and Belief
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