Day: October 2, 2009

Churches seeking security

Sanctuaries that once left their doors open all day now employ armed guards, off-duty police officers, surveillance cameras and even undercover plainclothes guards who mingle with the congregation.

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OK law not okay with church leaders

Saying that it would violate long-held legal principles and cause the state to delve into the minutiae of church polity and theology. Oklahoma church leaders spoke in opposition to legislation that would change the terms of church property ownership across the board.

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Indian bishops call for an end to caste system

As the United Nations declares caste-based discrimination a human rights violation, Indian Christian leaders have called on the churches to confess that the caste system has not been fully removed from their own communities.

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Does this car make me look fat?

If you’re like me there’s no excuse for not making more responsible personal health-care choices. I’m just taking advantage of the system. I would suggest, however, that some personal health-care practices are not due to freedom of choice so much as they are due to a paucity of options. The poor don’t choose to be poor, and many of their options are bad ones.

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Desert wisdom

Syncletica said, “If you live in a monastic community, do not wander from place to place; if you do, it will harm you. If a hen stops sitting on the eggs, she will hatch no chickens. The monk or nun who goes from place to place grows cold and dead in faith.”

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