Scriptures touch lives of stars and creators
Art Monk and others reveal how faith reshaped fame and work. The book Lamp Unto My Feet collects 365 daily readings, each pairing a life sketch and a favorite verse, showing Scripture guiding athletes, artists, scientists, and leaders.
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Christ
Paul
Timothy
Christ Jesus
Monk
Art Toalston
Toalston
Baptist Press
Southern Baptist Convention
America
Dave Leestman
Leestma
Clerics fall short in comforting the dying survey says
A Gallup poll of 1 200 adults finds nine in ten expect to be in God's loving presence after death while only about one third feel clergy can comfort them at the end. The survey highlights demand for spiritual support beyond medical care, including prayers and peaceful spiritual guidance.
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Gallup
George H. Gallup Jr
Gesu School Solves Slums With Faith and Finances
In North Philadelphia Gesu School, Jesuit run and non denominational, serves 415 students from largely single parent homes. The school sustains with 4 million raised to keep tuition at 1500 dollars while graduates reach high school and college at high rates. Parents and donors from diverse faiths donate to protect the beacon in the Badlands.
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Gesu
Philadelphia
Catholic
John
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Peter Miller
Marie Kelly
Christ
Jesus
Winston Churchill
St. Joseph’s Prep
Churchill
Gay gay clergy challenge church policies on homosexuality
In San Francisco Rev. Jeff Johnson a openly gay pastor at First United Lutheran Church along with 55 members confronts church leaders who reject his sexuality He refuses celibacy prompting pushback from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and many faiths as clergy face the question of being both gay and of faith with some denominations allowing openly gay leadership while others maintain don’t ask don’t tell policies
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Toalston
Fred Rogers
PBS
Chuck Colson
Prison Fellowship
Philippians
United States
Christ
Herbert Blomstedt
San Francisco Symphony
Michael J. McManus
Bethesda
Jeff Johnson
At Lutheran Church In America
Johnson
San Francisco
Murphy
First United Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Rita Nakashima Brock
Bunting Institute
Radcliffe College
Massachusetts
United Church of Christ
Metropolitan Community Church
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Art Monk
Ethics & Religion
Antoinette Lassiter-Morrissey
Sparkle
Katie Robinson
Gesu School
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!