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November 13, 2009: Jeni Stepanek Extended Interview

November 13, 2009: Jeni Stepanek Extended Interview

Read and watch more of Kim Lawton's interview with Jeni Stepanek, who says her son, best-selling poet and speaker Mattie Stepanek, had "a universal message--give and you shall receive."

Posted: Nov 13th, 2009  Comments: 3   Views: 75   
(6 votes)
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November 6, 2009: Healing the Wounds of War

November 6, 2009: Healing the Wounds of War

Revisit our November 2007 Web-only essay on the spiritual and moral pain of war. "My sense is that this is a fundamentally religious issue," says clinical psychiatrist Jonathan Shay, a combat trauma expert.

Posted: Nov 6th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 158   
(2 votes)
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October 30, 2009: The Monastic Life

October 30, 2009: The Monastic Life

There will always be a purpose to monastic life, say the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, as long as there is a need in the world for silence, prayer, simplicity, and balance.

Posted: Oct 30th, 2009  Comments: 17   Views: 346   
(25 votes)
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October 30, 2009: Building a Monastery of the Heart

October 30, 2009: Building a Monastery of the Heart

"Is there anyone here who yearns for life and desires to see good days?" Those stirring words come at the beginning of one of the most durable spiritual guides of all time, the Rule of St. Benedict.

Posted: Oct 30th, 2009  Comments: 15   Views: 248   
(8 votes)
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October 23, 2009: Doctors, Patients, and Prayer

October 23, 2009: Doctors, Patients, and Prayer

Doctors who pray with patients and family members "puts a sense of comfort in you," says Chris Barkley. "Normally, doctors don't do that, and it probably makes people feel closer to the doctor. You want them to care just as much as you do."

Posted: Oct 23rd, 2009  Comments: 4   Views: 281   
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October 23, 2009: Mary Setterholm

October 23, 2009: Mary Setterholm

She started a support group for women with emotional problems and histories of sexual abuse, and she wants to earn degrees in social work and theological studies to help others like them.

Posted: Oct 23rd, 2009  Comments: 8   Views: 336   
(4 votes)
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October 9, 2009: Father Damien’s Legacy

October 9, 2009: Father Damien’s Legacy

On October 11, the 19th-century missionary priest Father Damien will be canonized in Rome and remembered for dedicating his life to individuals with leprosy, a disease that still afflicts more than 250,000 people a year.

Posted: Oct 9th, 2009  Comments: 16   Views: 4,338   
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October 9, 2009: A Serious Man

October 9, 2009: A Serious Man

Set in 1967, the storyline of the Coen brothers' new film centers on Larry Gopnick, a Jewish physics professor in the Midwest who looks to his faith to make sense of his personal and professional tribulations.

Posted: Oct 9th, 2009  Comments: 3   Views: 392   
(6 votes)
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October 9, 2009: Cathleen Falsani Interview

October 9, 2009: Cathleen Falsani Interview

Read and watch more of Kim Lawton's interview with religion columnist Cathleen Falsani, author of “The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers.”

Posted: Oct 9th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 313   
(5 votes)
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October 2, 2009: Church Garden

October 2, 2009: Church Garden

"There's definitely something spiritual about working with the earth and feeling a relationship with all of God's creation," says Cara Gonzalez, a parishioner at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Maryland, who volunteers in the church garden.

Posted: Oct 2nd, 2009  Comments: 1   Views: 371   
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