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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 2007
Page
16
Readers weigh religious duties and medical benefit in endorsing or opposing body donation for science. A Catholic says organ donation is laudable while whole-body donation faces burial customs concerns. others discuss gambling addiction prayers and family responsibility with guidance from The God Squad telecare.
Chicago previewed URJ Press’s forthcoming Torah commentary created entirely by women. Over 80 scholars contribute essays and interpretations linking Exodus themes to gendered readings. The project aims to broaden discussion and include women’s voices in Jewish study.
Community notices include biblical lectures at First Presbyterian Cedar Rapids and Unity Center Cedar Rapids sermons at Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist plus a Petra singer and memoir workshop. Other events feature hymn festivals youth programs and a vacation Bible school with contact details and registration info.
Vatican representative Rev Justo Lacunza Bald a told about 200 at St Francis of Assisi in West Des Moines that religious identity is in the heart and cannot be changed. He urged Christians and Muslims to work together and respect individual belief. Imam Ibrahim Dremali praised the message as a bridge between faiths amid tensions surrounding controversial comments by Pope Benedict XVI.
Sojourners and Call to Renewal President Jim Wallis urged Cedar Rapids religious leaders to raise social issues in politics. He cited 30,000 preventable child deaths and questioned focus on gay marriage. Wallis plans a Monday talk on budget as moral document at Mount Mercy College with local church and school leaders.
Jim Wallis schedules visits in Cedar Rapids and Dubuque with Wartburg Seminary. He urges faith leaders to speak on moral issues without backing a party while noting Christians’ duty to aid the poor and advocate on education and health care for children as part of a secure nation.
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