Great Souls and the Power of True Stories
Dale Hanson Bourke reviews David Aikman's Great Souls, a collection profiling Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, Solzhenitsyn, Pope John Paul I, Elie Wiesel, and Nelson Mandela. The piece emphasizes how enduring virtue in their lives transcends information overload and rekindles meaning, urging readers to reclaim the power of story.
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David Aikman
Time Magazine
Billy Graham
Mother Teresa
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Pope John Paul I
Elie Wiesel
Nelson Mandel
Natice Annas Tyoay
Mandela
Solzhenitsyn
Wiesel
Aukman
Tay
Dale Hanson Bourke
Religion News Service
Students share God's love on spring break service trip
About 30 students from Syracuse University SUNY Cortland Onondaga Community College the Coast Guard Academy and a German exchange student spent spring break near Atlanta helping remodel Northwoods Baptist Church and run after school activities for children and the homeless. They aided a local church and met diverse people including Mike Persampieri and Jerry Washington whose stories highlighted faith amid hardship.
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Syracuse University
Suny Cortland
Onondaga Community College
U.S. Coast Guard Acagemy
Germany
Atlanta
Northwoods Baptist Church
Baptist Campus Ministries
Ystu
Washington Dent
Southern Baptist Convention
Andrena Irvin
Chamblee
Holly
Jesus
God
Mike
Mike Persampieri
Persampieri
Erich Stein
Coast Guard Academy
Butler Street
CME
Erich
Papal Nigeria Visit Focuses on Beatification and Freedom
Pope John Paul II arrives in Nigeria for a three day pilgrimage aimed at beatifying Rev. Michael Iwene Tansi. The trip, his second that year, faces scrutiny over Nigeria’s military rule under Gen. Sani Abacha and hopes the pope will urge release of political prisoners and human rights reforms. High tensions mix with religious signaling as Nigeria’s diverse faiths watch closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John Paul II
Nigeria
Cuba
Africa
Learned Dees
Africa Project
National Endowment For Democracy
Vatican
Michael Iwene Tansi
Sani Abacha
Abacha
Castro
Abuja
John Olorunfem Onaiyekan
Nigera
Moshood Abiola
Religious and community events near Syracuse in late March
A series of local church and interfaith events across Syracuse and nearby areas include a businessman retreat at Christ the King Retreat House led by Rev. Robert Yeazel, readings by Patricia Hampl at Le Moyne College, and Lenten programs at Plymouth Congregational Church and University United Methodist Church. Other activities feature Puppets in Christ at Cicero Community Church and a lecture by Father Jon Werner on Mary and the New Testament. Reservations and details vary by event.
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Christ the King
Censter
Brookford Road
Robert Yeazel
Syracuse
Patricia Hampl
le Moyne College
Hampl
University of Minnesota
Will
Hamplis
Plymouth
Nigeria
E. Onondaga St
Meegan Rice
Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus
Rice
Tbe Theike-Jonah
Cornell University
Malden Road
United Church of Christ
Mattydale
Holy Land
David Derby
Israel
The
University United Methodist Church
E. Genesee St
Cicero Community Church
Bridgeport Plaza
Public Broadcasting
Jon Werner
Christ the Kang Church
Liverpool
Central New York
Marie~an Center
W. Taft Road
Sacred Heart Church
Auburn
Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
Hurch
McCarthy
Chunak
Center For
University of Notre Dame
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Dale Hanson
Bourke Religion News Service
Jerry Washington
Martin Luther King
General Motors
Washington
Detroit
South
Salvation Army
Trip
By Steven Hellbronner
Budger
InterReligious Council of
People’s Roundtable
Hunger Action Network of
New York State
Taki
South Presbyterian Church
W. Colvin St
South Salina Street
Diversity Forum
Methodist Church
Cicero Church
Auburn Church
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