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May 16, 2008

Area agency works to get food to Myanmar
Area agency works to get food to Myanmar

Gleaning for the World, a Concord-based agency, is working with a coalition of Christian nonprofits to help survivors of the cyclone in the former Burma.

Interfaith center opens in heart of Muslim world
Interfaith center opens in heart of Muslim world

In a rare moment, leaders from different faiths meet deep in the heart of a conservative Muslim sheikdom.

Growing ‘evangelical intelligensia’ studied
Growing ‘evangelical intelligensia’ studied

It’s time for the attitude that evangelicals are ignorant changed, according to Boston University sociologist Peter Berger, who is working on a study of the ‘evangelical intelligensia.’


May 09, 2008

Oh, the things we’ll never know!
Oh, the things we’ll never know!

A new book claims Dr. Seuss stories are parables, but the author’s widow is silent.

Know, and feel secure

Robin Cook is pastor of Let Go of the Pain Ministry.

Untangling the web: Records offer look inside polygamist families
Untangling the web: Records offer look inside polygamist families

A review of records gives a glimpse into the culture of a polygamist sect.

Court orders trial for shooting of eagle for religious rite
Court orders trial for shooting of eagle for religious rite

A higher court decision puts a Northern Arapaho tribal member back in court for shooting a bald eagle for religious purposes.


May 02, 2008

Day of prayer activities not inclusive enough?
Day of prayer activities not inclusive enough?

State and local government leaders participated in a National Day of Prayer event on the state Capitol grounds yesterday that attracted a diverse crowd of about 100.


April 25, 2008

Big bucks to help local Big Give effort
Big bucks to help local Big Give effort

A local effort to get medical supplies and shoes to Africa has won support from Oprah’s Big Give.


April 18, 2008

Liberty students make life sweeter at doughnut shop
Liberty students make life sweeter at doughnut shop

A search for doughnuts led to the unexpected for some Liberty University students and a doughnut shop owner.


April 15, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI has proved hard to define
Pope Benedict XVI has proved hard to define

When Pope Benedict XVI steps onto the field at Nationals Park on Thursday, chances are good he’ll hear a deafening roar of approval from the friendly crowd.


April 11, 2008

Honoring Hokie Spirit
Honoring Hokie Spirit

Special service
WHAT: Communitywide
service honoring Virginia Tech
WHEN: 7:30 p.m., April 16
WHERE: Timberlake United Methodist Church, 21649 Timberlake Road


April 05, 2008

Toward better days
Toward better days

The Rev. Adam White is chaplain of Sweet Briar College.


April 04, 2008

Big move, short distance for Madison Heights church
Big move, short distance for Madison Heights church

ScottZion Baptist Church is constructing a $1.5 million new church across the street from its current quarters.


March 28, 2008

Journey: Lynchburg church stages opera ‘The Pilgrim’
Journey: Lynchburg church stages opera ‘The Pilgrim’

‘The Pilgrim’ will come to St. John’s Episcopal Church.

New Catholic mortal sins? Not quite

Thou shall not create new sins.


March 17, 2008

Lift every voice

The Rev. Marion Kanour is rector of St. Barnabas and Trinity Episcopal Churches.


March 14, 2008

Back in time: Church celebrates 100 years as if it were yesterday
Back in time: Church celebrates 100 years as if it were yesterday

Fort Hill United Methodist Church, which began 100 years ago, began as a Sunday school that met in an old saloon. Church members celebrated the anniversary last Sunday by re-enacting - some in period costume - the meeting at which the Sunday school members formally organized as a church.


March 09, 2008

Religion forum for the week of March 8
The Bible did not drop out of heaven fully written, but many use it as if it did.
Finding fellowship
Reguees from Burundi, who now live in Roanoke, came to Lynchburg recently to worship.

March 07, 2008

Some downtown churches face challenges
Some downtown churches are searching for ways to overcome dwindling numbers.

March 03, 2008

Coming to God just like a child
The Rev. Michael Sullivan is rector of St. John's Episcopal Church.
Rebuilding hope
The Lynchburg Baptist Association sent in a dispatch and photos from their most recent trip to Louisiana to help with the rebuilding that continues in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

February 25, 2008

Rockin’ the pews
Rockin’ the pews

Bodies surround the stage, swaying to the music. A young man chants “my savior” under his breath, tears streaming from his eyes. The air is charged with raw energy.


February 22, 2008

Religion forum for the week of Feb. 23
The debate over evolution continues.

February 21, 2008

Ecology joins theology in houses of worship

Last year, Agudath Sholom Synagogue on Langhorne Road replaced its incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents.


February 15, 2008

Religion forum for the week of Feb. 16
This forum focuses on single-parent family issues.

February 08, 2008

More Religion forum for the week of Feb. 9
Letters to the Religion Forum

February 01, 2008

Religion forum for the week of Feb. 2
More religion Forum letters have come in for consideration.
Evolution weekend coming to town
Events for Evolution Weekend are planned for Feb. 8, Feb. 9 and Feb. 10.

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