Eco-spirituality grows as churches embrace earth care
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City churches adopt four focus areas voluntary simplicity local eating energy conservation and gardening to protect creation. Leaders cite scripture and social justice, with Olivet Presbyterian and St. Mark's Lutheran among active participants guiding communities toward stewardship and local environmental projects.
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St. Francis
Jenna Higgins- Freese
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
Hiawatha
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Episcopal Church
Power and Light Company
California
Iowa
Higgins-Freese
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Olivet Presbyterian Church
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Cindy Quast
Stewardship of the Environment Committee
Indian Creek Nature Center
Rob Hogg
Hogg
Ecu
Menical Ministries
Clinton
Ben Webb
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Carter quits Baptist Church in protest over women role
Former President Carter says he is cutting ties with the Southern Baptist Convention due to its stance on women pastors. He will remain active in church life in Plains and will associate with Baptist groups sharing views on equality, church-state separation, and a free religious press.
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Cedar Falls
God's Garden
Webb
Atlanta
Carter
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia
Plains
Rosalynn
The
Southern Baptist Church
Mount Vernon
Seeds of Faith Lutheran Church
ELCA
Lisbon
Mount Vernon High School
Palisades Rd
Dubuque
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women
St. Patrick’s Church
Parkersburg
Barbara Garavalla
National Council of Catholic Women
Jerome Hanus
Christian classics online offer vast library access
Calvin College computer science professor Harry Plantinga launched the Christian Classics Ethereal Library hosting hundreds of Christian works from the past two thousand years. Inspired by an online HyperCard stack of Thomas a Kempis The Imitation of Christ readers can access The Bible in multiple versions and writings by Augustine Calvin Dante Chesterton Ignatius of Loyola and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen King
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Mich
Harry Plantinga
Christian Classics
Thomas A Kempis
St. Augustine
John Calvin
Dante
G.K. Chesterton
Ignatius of
Classic religious and philosophical works offered in audio and digital formats
The library provides MP3 audio versions of authors like Loyola Teresa of Avila Julian of Norwich John of the Cross Martin Luther Pascal Kierkegaard Thomas Aquinas John Wesley and Bunyan Milton and spiritual classics such as The Imitation of Christ Paradise Lost and The Pilgrim's Progress. Available in various languages with CDROM text and downloadable Microsoft Reader formats.
Best Way for Mothers to Nurture Their Children
Pediatrician Sharon Collins presents The Best Way for Mothers to Nurture Their Children at 2 p.m. today Noelridge Baptist Church Cedar Rapids. Refreshments served.
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Cedar Rapids
Sharon Collins
Noelridge Baptist Church
Clifton St
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
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Linn County
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Dale Hawley
NCS
Air Force
Gary Moore
Rockwell Collins Air Transport Systems
Midland Area
American Field Service Inter
Cedar Et Sess
Pastors For Peace
Pastors For Peace Aid
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N. Dubuque St
Marshalltown
First United Methodist Church
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Mission Sunday
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Divine Word College
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Marquette University
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Joe A. Pledge
Bobbie Pledge
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DePaul University
Maucher Union
Crossan
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C Ave
Jesus
Jhan Moskowitz
Catholic Inquiry
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Alice Hough
Marion and
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University of Northern Iowa
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