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Catholic Bishops Say No to Reiki as “Superstition”
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Religion News Service reports: The U.S. Catholic Bishops said Thursday (March 26) that Catholic chaplains, health care facilities and retreat centers should not promote or support Reiki therapy, a Japanese alternative healing practice. Reiki “finds no support either in the findings of natural science or in Christian belief,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee…
The Real Story of How National Service Became Bi-Partisan
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swaldman
On my wall I have a copy of an old fashioned Senate roll call sheet – the handwritten tally from the clerk recording the passage of the original law creating AmeriCorps in 1993. There were hash marks next to just seven Republicans. Yesterday the Senate approved a bill authorizing a tripling of AmeriCorps. It passed…
Gay Christians
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swaldman
The main reason young evangelicals are much more supportive of gay rights than their parents: they know gays. And that will be ever more true as more Christian gays go public.
Sarah Palin: Couldn’t Find McCain Staffers to Pray With
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swaldman
Sarah Palin told a group of Alaska Republicans last week about preparing to go on stage for the vice presidential debate. “So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra,” she said. “And the McCain campaign, love ’em, you know, they’re a lot of…
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