Looking back on 15 years of ethics and religion columns
Michael J. McManus reflects on fifteen years of writing the ethics and religion column from Bethesda Maryland. He notes the paradox of American religiosity versus rising crime and divorce and cites examples of moral education, media accountability, and church-based marriage programs. He mentions responses to capital punishment debates and calls for premarital inventories and no fault divorce reconsideration. He shares observations from marriage encounters and invites readers to learn more.
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United States
George Gallup
Vis. Calif
Pat Rob Weore
Christian Broadcasting Now
Israel
Southern Baptists
United Methodists
Congress
Europe
Marr
Encounter
Jesus
Michael J. McManus
Bethesda
Pray Texas Calls area volunteers to action
Alice Patterson urges Odessa area volunteers to implement prayer evangelism locally and statewide. At Harvest Evangelism Conference 1995 she discussed uniting churches across denoms for racial healing and street ministry, with Pray Texas coordinating city map driven prayer drives and weekly intercessory groups. Patterson, Pray Texas director, seeks broader Texas outreach.
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Pray Texas
Alice Patterson
Odessa
Texas
Harvest Evangelism Conference
Patterson
Texas Christian Coalition
Ed Silvoso
Harvest Evangelism
California
Silvoso
Pray
Lay ministers learn to comfort through Stephen Ministries
Nancy Toole of Webster Groves describes joining Stephen Ministries to provide one to one care. Trained volunteers listen without offering advice and guide receivers toward their own solutions. Originated by Kenneth Haugh and Lutherans, the program now spans 75 denominations and 50,000 ministers in 5,000 congregations worldwide.
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ST. Louis
Nancy Toole
Prestealth
Chen Pal
Son Doudinena
Ametes
Toole
Webster Groves
Stephen
Joel Kentiascher
Stephen Ministries
Haugh
Haugk
Aba Reanastance
Presbyterian
Cochran
Nairobi
Kenya
Clark County
Washington
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Haugh
St. Ouis
United States
City Council approves special parking for clergy
New York City lawmakers grant clergy the same parking privileges as doctors and reporters with up to four hours near houses of worship and up to three hours near hospitals or funeral parlors. Bronx Councilman Wendell Foster, a minister, calls the bill overdue. Each faith site gets three permits. Rabbi Larry Sebart praises the plan citing frequent late night and funeral duties.
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New York
Bronx
Wendell Foster
United Church of
Christ Minister
New York Times
Department of Transportation
Larry Sebart
The
New York Board of Rabbis
Apparitions Stir Navajo Nation With Sacred Deity Sightings
Navajo residents report two deities appearing in May to two respected Navajo women near Rocky Ridge Arizona. Thousands have prayed at the arid site, leaving offerings as the news travels to Dallas where locals view it as sacred and a sign to preserve age old traditions despite caution over sharing beliefs.
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Navajo
Sarah Bega
Irene Yazzie
Rocky Ridge
Ariz
Dallas
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
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Gaus
Particu
Tower Drive
Aes Ak Mate
Greg Ieee
Ato
Patterretes
Canada
Mark Sterkel
Emily Hurt
First Presbyterian Church
Karla Murphy
the Times
Begay
Karen Abe
Tuba City, Ariz
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