Preaching the news

19 Apr 2009

Preaching the News for Sunday

Drama on the high seas | Cigar, anyone? | Untidy Thailand | Passing the ethics exam | They always hope for more

Drama on the high seas

This Sunday's psalm tells of the "joyful shout of victory" in the tents of the just. Joyful shouts of victory went up from crew members of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama Easter Sunday after the stunning rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, ...

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Cigar, anyone?

In this Sunday's reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we are told the early Christian community "had everything in common." In an effort to allow the United States and Cuba to have more in common, President Obama Monday directed his administration ...

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Untidy Thailand

The risen Lord greeted his fearful disciples with the comforting words "peace be with you." Residents of Bangkok, Thailand had little of either peace or comfort this week as political unrest rocked the city. ...

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Passing the ethics exam

We are reminded in the reading from 1 John this Sunday that "the Spirit is truth." Hoping to encourage more truth and ethics in business, the Ethisphere Institute on Monday named 99 companies it says are the world's most ethical. ...

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They always hope for more

"Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed," says Jesus in this Sunday's gospel. Mathematicians around the world are engaged in a search for numbers that they believe exist, even if they are too large to be seen. ...

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Quote of the week

"You are a dog! You are not a Shi'ite woman!"

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Fact of the week

Global production of digital information in 2006 reached 161 "exabytes"--"exa" meaning 1 billion billion--3 million times the information contained in all the books ever written.

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