In my childhood, I attended Catholic schools and wore the standard uniforms. Although at times I complained, in reality the uniforms were a blessing, since I didn’t have to compete with girls whose parents could afford pricier clothing.
A young man was shot in a movie theater and died on his 27th birthday. In the newspaper, the sorrowful face of his father, seeking his son — before realizing the boy was dead — is enough to make you weep.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Ralph Lauren — with his made-in-China U.S. Olympic uniforms — is learning what Christian retailers heard at their annual trade show last week in Orlando, Fla.: Where and how items are made make a difference in the global economy.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sarah Koscielniak of St. Paul might worship in an Ethiopian church one Sunday morning and a Lutheran church the next. Then, she might decide to visit a church that’s affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination.
Twitter gives the impression of being obsessed with mindless earthly trivia, from Justin Bieber’s latest heartfelt tweet to his Beliebers to LeBron James’ reflections on winning the NBA championship.
We had just come home from seeing “The Avengers” and were heading out to feed our neighbors’ cat, Prissy.
ATLANTA — It was mere coincidence that days after Pastor Creflo Dollar was accused of child cruelty, another Atlanta-area pastor was preparing to address the topic from the pulpit.
NEW YORK — An Orthodox Jew who was weeks away from becoming a New York City police officer said he has been kicked out of the police academy for refusing to trim his beard.
PORTLAND, Maine — Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, married his longtime partner on New Year’s Day 2010 — the day same-sex marriage became legal in his home state of New Hampshire.
As a little girl growing up in New York City, my mom took plenty of kidding about her name. She hated anything to do with sports, and whenever she dropped the ball or stumbled, her classmates made enormous fun of her, because she was called Grace.
The day after her mother died, with the house surreally silent, Mary Lou Quinlan reached to the highest shelf of her mom’s Fort Myers, Fla., bedroom closet and discovered the “God boxes.”
CHICAGO — Counted together, independent evangelical congregations comprise one of the largest religious groups in the nation, after Roman Catholics and their evangelical counterparts in the Southern Baptist Convention.
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