Faith and dealing with illness and family strain
Norman Vincent Peale and Ruth Stafford Peale respond to a reader who fears illness is divine punishment after tubal ligation. They urge mental reconditioning, offer their booklet Try Faith and Watch What Happens, and invite requests for free copies. They also advise against criticizing a son's disorganized home, emphasize loving acceptance, and discuss options for a spouse with alcoholism including AA and Al Anon.
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President Carter on faith and public duty balance
President Carter says there is a tension between inner convictions and public life. He notes leaders must avoid timidity yet refrain from excessive striving, likening public duty to a steam locomotive. He cites Rienhold Niebuhr and stresses personal religious life cannot be divorced from public service.
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Lutheran Church head decries labor tax ruling on church schools
ST LOUIS AP The president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod contends a Labor Department ruling requiring private elementary and secondary schools to pay unemployment taxes violates the Constitution and could cripple church run parochial schools. Rev Dr J A O Preus calls reversal a high priority to preserve church state separation as about 1600 congregations operate church schools, the nation’s largest Protestant system.
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Confidence in church outranks eight institutions includes Congress
A Gallup poll for 29 denominations finds 80 percent of churchgoers have high confidence in organized religion, more than in big business or Congress, while the unchurched rate religion fifth behind bands, schools, the military, and the Supreme Court.
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Vacation Church School Display at Pecos Church
Children from Pecos Enterprise Church News will present week’s work at 7:30 p.m. today at the church. Parents will view items, then homemade ice cream will be served. Sunday services start at 9:45 and 10:55 with evening vespers at 7. Midweek prayer, Bible study, and choir follow on June 28.
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Africa churches shift from objects to partners in mission
Rev. A Mwakisuga of the Lutheran World Federation says African churches once passive recipients of mission work are now sending missionaries themselves. He calls partnership the key to modern mission activities in Africa.
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