Read more of Bob Abernethy’s September 16, 2008 interview with Kathleen Norris.
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March 13, 2009: Kathleen Norris Interview
March 13, 2009: Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris
How can I find my way in this impenetrable darkness? How can a few words from a psalm that I say upon waking be all I need to begin again, after I have been worn down to almost nothing by acedia?
September 26, 2008: Rachel Barton Pine Interview
Read more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly's interview with violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
September 26, 2008: Violinist Rachel Barton Pine
Our reporter Judy Valente in Chicago has a moving story today of a young violinist, once a child prodigy on her way to world-class status, who was struck down in a terrible accident. But she's coming back now, with great courage and faith.
August 22, 2008: New Life Center
Hundreds of government officials and activists wrapped up a meeting in Bangkok this week by calling for more efforts to curb the exploitation of children.
The Vatican reported this week that the number of Catholics in religious orders around the world continued to decline. But there are a few places where the reverse is true. Betty Rollin found a Dominican teaching order in Nashville fairly bursting with dedicated young nuns.
There's a woman in San Francisco, Sara Miles, who used to be a journalist and an atheist. But she had a conversion experience and is now a leader in her church, where she feeds the homeless full-time.
There is a group of Benedictine nuns in Missouri who bake and sell millions of Communion wafers, small and large. But some would-be communicants complained that they are allergic to the gluten in the wheat in the nun's wafers. So they could not receive Communion. For the sisters that was a challenge.
March 18, 2005: Interview: Marilynne Robinson
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly editor Missy Daniel interviews author Marilynne Robinson about her novel GILEAD.



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