December 1, 1999 The true meaning of Advent

STAYING FOCUSED on the true significance of Advent and Christmas is never easy, as adults concentrate on preparing for the feasting and celebration and children focus on the latest expensive fad advertised on TV. These two books,...

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December 1, 1999 A mother's story

THE STORY OF Cassie Bernall's final moment is known worldwide. She was a typical 17-year-old at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, studying in the library, when two berserk classmates held a gun to her head and asked...

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December 1, 1999 Sock stuffers

The idea of the Christmas sock- stuffer is usually something light, even trivial. The heading may therefore be inappropriate, because these books are anything but trivial. Each rates a full review in its own right; each would...

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December 1, 1999 Collection will inspire readers to make their own joyful noise

ILEAFED THROUGH Joyful Noise and knew right away that I needed a copy. Ann Turner has put together traditional music that has inspired people of many nations through centuries of joy and sorrow. There are also spirituals and...

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December 1, 1999 Books to read aloud

IN OUR FAMILY, Christmas would be incomplete without gift books for everybody from youngest to eldest. From the many children's titles received by the Journal, here is a "Granddad's choice" of four books to read aloud. All offer...

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November 1, 1999 Science and religion: allies or adversaries?

SCIENCE CAN purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish." (Fides and Ratio, 1998). ...

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November 1, 1999 Two Lambeth books – one official, one not – should be read together

Lambeth 1998 is more than a year past now, but the aftermath is still very much with us ? its latest manifestation being the recent attack by the "conservative" Archbishop of Singapore on the "liberal" Primus of the Episcopal...

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October 1, 1999 Bishop Spong's book of essays treads familiar ground

RECENTLY THE POPE, on a rare visit to the 20th century, announced that hell is not a place. I am not sure that he would enjoy the company, but he joins scholars and teachers like Rudolph Bultmann, Hans Kung, John Spong and...

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September 1, 1999 Spirituality that challenges values

JEAN VANIER and Henri Nouwen, names that fascinate many moderns, are linked to a particular spirituality that challenges personal and social values. Both men identified with the communities of L'Arche, which centre on the...

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September 1, 1999 How to avoid embarrassing your hosts

THESE DAYS, people increasingly are being invited - through family, friend or business contact to a wedding, funeral or other religious service of a religion not your own. These books tell what to expect and how to behave to...

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