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Trusting health: In God’s hands
By Sarah Henning
January 3, 2009
First things first: Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. At no time will he ever show up at Lawrence’s Christian Science Society at 1701 Mass. Nor do the folks who attend that church happen to wear white lab coats and play with beakers of foaming liquid at their weekly services. Christian Scientists are neither scientists by trade nor Scientologists.
Faith Forum: What is a good resolution for people of faith?
By Randy Beeman & Peter Luckey
January 3, 2009
• Focus on what you can do, not what you can’t • Find ways to live for others, not yourself
Variety marks top Christian albums of 2008
By Rich Copley - McClatchy Newspapers
January 3, 2009
A few decades ago, Christian rock pioneer Steve Taylor penned a line that is exceedingly appropriate to faith-based pop: “If your music’s saying nothing, save it for the dentist’s chair.”
Church has mission to help unemployed, with job club
By Caroline Boyer
December 29, 2008
Tony Schroeder has been here before. The accountant and former Shawnee resident was part of the layoffs at Sprint in 2002. He joined a job club through Church of the Nativity in Leawood to help in his search for new employment and eventually found a job with a hospital group. But this time, it’s different.
Living joy: Lawrence boasts four female, modern-day apostles from Catholic order
By Shanxi Upsdell
December 27, 2008
Apostles — those stern, bearded guys following Jesus of Nazareth? That’s so first century.
Menorah lighting heralds Hanukkah
By Nick Nelson
December 22, 2008
A bitterly cold, dark Sunday night was a little brighter with the help of a 6-foot-tall menorah during the celebration of the first night of Hanukkah. KU’s Chabad Center for Jewish Life kicked off the holiday with latkes, gifts, balloon animals and, of course, lighting the first candle of the menorah.
Undefeated spirits: Eudora church members rally after new site damaged in fire
Shaun Hittle - Special to the Journal-World
December 19, 2008
Ten-year-old Corrine Yoder-Mulkey was pretty excited about the new building her church, Eudora United Methodist, had built and opened in February.
Looming ice leads to cancellations
LJWorld.com staff reports
11:13 a.m., December 18, 2008 Updated 09:48 p.m.
Thursday’s projection of ice has led to some cancellations.
Faith Forum: Can a person be ‘good’ without also being spiritual?
By Marshall Lackrone & Zalman Tiechtel
December 6, 2008
Can a person be ‘good’ without also being spiritual?
Friends of rabbi killed in India
KU Jewish Center director mourns for attack victims
By Christine Metz
November 30, 2008
For Lawrence Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, have brought both a loss of a close friend and a blow to the Jewish Chabad movement.
A passage to India: Peter Luckey takes dream trip to spread faith, meet family
By Sarah Henning
November 29, 2008
“You can hear about a place, see it in pictures, send and receive letters, but until you see with your own eyes, until you experience it personally, you don’t really know it. This is why Philip, upon hearing the news about Jesus Christ, said to Nathanael, “Come and see!” Philip knew that some things in life one needs to experience for themselves.” — Peter Luckey, letter, November 2008
Obama’s church choice likely to be scrutinized
The Associated Press
November 18, 2008
Churches in the nation’s capital have started extending invitations to President-elect Barack Obama and his family, touting their African-American roots, their ties to presidents past and to Obama himself.
Faith briefs
November 15, 2008
BridgePointe Community Church 601 W. 29th St. Terrace Wednesday: Praise and prayers, 7 p.m. Friday: “Flora’s Luncheon Special” benefit for the youth computer program, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $7 for each lunch. Call 979-9435 for delivery.
Plymouth Congregational displays rare 1800s Sunday school posters
By Sarah Henning
November 15, 2008
One never knows what he or she will find when cleaning a basement. Will it be something unsavory like cobwebs or rats, or a jackpot like a rare antique or a baseball card worth thousands of dollars? For the members of Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt., a thorough cleaning definitely revealed a jackpot, even if it doesn’t equal a huge payday.
‘Green Bible’ promotes stewardship
McClatchy Newspapers
November 8, 2008
Did you know that the Bible contains 1,000 references to the planet but only 490 references to heaven and 530 references to love? Could this mean God is the supreme tree-hugger? Publishers of the “Green Bible” seem to think so.

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