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November 6, 2009: The Church and the Fall of the Wall

fred yi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:13 +0000

"If any event ever merited the description of miracle," says the Rev. Christian Fuhrer, it was the 1989 revolution that reunited East and West Germany, "a revolution that grew out of the church."

November 6, 2009: Health Care and the Common Good

fred yi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:08:54 +0000

Hastings Center bioethicist and philosopher Daniel Callahan says the common good as a moral value should be the foundation for American health care reform, but it has been largely absent from the current public debate.

November 6, 2009: City Creek Center

fred yi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:49:03 +0000

City planner Stephen Goldsmith says this private development project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints creates a "we-they" divide. Jason Mathis of Salt Lake City's Downtown Alliance says the church is creating "a community that is going to last for the next hundred years."

October 30, 2009: New Federal Hate Crimes Law

fred yi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:49:06 +0000

A recent expansion of the federal hate crimes law "does not suspend the First Amendment," says New York Times staff writer David Kirkpatrick, "and there's nobody, I think, on either side of the US Senate or House of Representatives that intends to see preachers locked in jail."

October 30, 2009: Muslims in Germany

fred yi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:52:48 +0000

Germany has twice as many mosques as the United States, but it still has a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for Muslim immigrants and their children.

October 30, 2009: The Monastic Life

fred yi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:48 +0000

There will always be a purpose to monastic life, say the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, as long as there is a need in the world for silence, prayer, simplicity, and balance.

October 23, 2009: Mary Setterholm

fred yi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:12:54 +0000

She started a support group for women with emotional problems and histories of sexual abuse, and she wants to earn degrees in social work and theological studies to help others like them.

October 16, 2009: Autistic Poet

fred yi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:29:01 +0000

An 11-year-old autistic girl writes poetry about her inner world.

October 16, 2009: Season of Service

fred yi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:13:17 +0000

A partnership between the city of Portland, Oregon and evangelical churches has led to thousands of volunteers completing hundreds of community service projects focused on schools, hunger, homelessness, health, poverty, and the environment.

October 16, 2009: Abortion and Health Care Reform

fred yi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:53:18 +0000

"Abortion is a health service, " says Rev. Debra Haffner, director of the Religious Institute. "Abortion is a morally objectionable activity," says Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life.