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In Theory: How to explain death to a child?
The death of a loved one is always a difficult pain for adults to bear, but for children, it can be even worse. And trying to find an explanation for why a friend, relative or pet no longer is around can be very tough for parents. Advice available online...Tags: Death and Dying Customs, Religious Events, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Piece of Mind: Why it's good to follow directions
For some years during the middle of the last century, there was a springtime tradition in La Cañada: Various denominations of local young Christians — those not sprawled out on the sand at Newport or Balboa, enjoying what was then commonly called...Tags: Religious Festivals, Arts, Religious Events, Arts and Culture, Photography
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Confession? There's an app for that
Q. A new app for the iPhone and iPad allows people to make confession with a virtual priest. According to its makers, the “Confession: A Roman Catholic App,” which is on sale at Apple's iTunes store, offers “a personalized examination of...Tags: Computer Science, Religious Events, Apple iPhone, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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In Theory: Scoring on the Religion Quiz
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public life this week published a short, 15-question religion quiz. The quiz is a shorter version of the "3,412 sampled adults who were asked these and other questions in the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey." The poll was...Tags: Justice System, Colorado, La Crescenta, Roman Catholicism, Arts and Culture
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Let us not pray A hopeful wish for the end of religious exercises at the beginning of government meetings
Change of SubjectI wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their... -
Let us not pray
I wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Religious Events, Religion and Belief, National Government
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Misa Flamenca'
As a dance, flamenco is about style: The fire in the eyes, the exquisite vestments, the dramatic posturing. Orlando's Flamenco del Sol troupe has shrewdly noticed the similarity between the Spanish dance and organized religion. The result, "Misa...
Tags: Entertainment, Religious Events, Entertainment Events, Dance, Religion and Belief
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First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope
As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...
Tags: Religious Events, South Shore, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Symbols and Symbolism, CBS Corp.
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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: Air Transportation Industry, Religious Events, Volcanoes, Ford, Education
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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: Glynn Turman, Religious Events, Arts and Culture
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Religious Events, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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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,...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious Events, Judges
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