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Religious News: Pray Today - Pass Tomorrow?
http://stushie.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ religious-news-pray-today-pass-tomor…So long as students have to take exams, there will always be prayer in our schools. But how effective are those prayers? And what if a special written prayer could reduce stress, bring calmness, and help a student focus during the hours of an exam? Would it help the student to pass the test?
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Pray Today - Pass Tomorrow?
http://glenkirk.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ pray-today-pass-tomorrow.htmlSo long as students have to take exams, there will always be prayer in our schools. But how effective are those prayers? And what if a special written prayer could reduce stress, bring calmness, and help a student focus during the hours of an exam? Would it help the student to pass the test?
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Religious leaders tackle core issues at Qatar talks: CEN 5.20.08
http://geoconger.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ religious-leaders-tackle-core-issu…In a rare sign of inter-faith friendship, the Sheik of Qatar has hosted a conference of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders in Doha. The May 13-14 Doha inter-faith conference brought together 155 rabbis, mullahs, imams, Christian clergy and theologians under the theme of “Religious Values Between Peace and Life Respect”.
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Religious leaders tackle core issues at Qatar talks: CEN 5.20.08
http://megarumor.com/ islam/ religious-leaders-tackle-core-issues-at-qatar-talks…geoconger Made a great post today on geoconger.wordpress.com The first few lines…. In a rare sign of inter-faith friendship, the Sheik of Qatar has hosted a conference of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders in Doha.
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Ancient and Modern
http://changingworship.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ ancient-and-modern/It always surprises me when the traditional church does something sensible and modern. Here is a site called church finder that will take your post code and point you in the direction of a church and the events going on in it!
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Kipling for profit and pleasure...
http://bishopalan.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ kipling-for-profit-and-pleasure.htmlThe late great Sir John Harvey-Jones, King of the Kipper Tie, used to remind lily-livered businessmen shivering on the brink of change, “Remember, you can only get shot once.” True, but our elders and betters in the General Synod seem to have devised a way of making getting shot take about thirty years.
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Former Bishop of St Davids gets new job: CEN 5.19.08
http://geoconger.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 19/ former-bishop-of-st-davids-gets-ne…The former Bishop of St Davids has taken a new post as chief executive of a Welsh NGO. The Rt Rev Carl Cooper, who resigned as bishop last month following questions over the breakdown of his marriage, will head up the Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (Pavo).
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Reaction to embryo research vote
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 19/ reaction-to-embryo-research-vote.…LONDON (Reuters) - MPs vote on Monday on reform of fertility research laws. Here is a selection of views on the issue: - PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN “Embryonic stem cell research has always been controversial and I respect the views of all those with religious convictions which they see as precluding this type of research.
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Jamaica casino plan attacked: CEN 5.18.08
http://geoconger.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 19/ jamaica-casino-plan-attacked-cen-5…PLANS TO legalise casino gambling have come under sharp criticism from the Church in Jamaica. In a presentation of the government’s budget to Parliament in Kingston last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding argued casino gambling would bring jobs, tourists and revenues to the island.
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Catholic church slated on eve of embyro vote
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/ index.php/ site/ article/ 12571/The Roman Catholic church continues to stand athwart history and shout stop, and I doff my hat in respect. From the TImes Online, a week earlier. The Roman Catholic Church has been accused by the government’s fertility watchdog of using “fatal” dogma to oppose all forms of research on embryos and most IVF treatment.