Topic: faith

I mentioned briefly that TJ Norris and I have a collaboration in the works, didn't I? We were invited to be part of Greg Wilbur's Collaborations show at the annual Labor Day Weekend Art in the Pearl festival. This is a show that TJ and I have both participated in past years, (me with Peggy Cochran and Tom Hill, he with Scott Wayne Indiana) but this year, TJ suggested that we put our...

Campaign finance, AIPAC, expansion of faith-based programs, the death penalty for molesters, and critically, FISA. What the hell has gotten into Obama? As an early and vocal supporter of "The Hope," I have encountered over the past week approaches from folks that were so gentle they bordered on the medical: inquiries of a kind only cancer-victims expect. For the record, I am not cool with...

I don't think continuing the current administration's foray into mixing religion and government is a good idea:Obama will create a President’s Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships As Barack Obama has said many times, he believes that change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up, and few are closer to the people than our churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques....

obama to expand bush's faith based programs from ap: Reaching out to religious voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — support some ability to hire and fire based on faith. obama may keep gates as def sec from...

Hmmm... will this get some of his supporters' knickers in a twist? Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President...

As the chair of the faith-based working group of the National Coalition for the Homeless, I spent much of 2001 studying how President Bush intended to use faith groups to help implement his public policy position. In the end, the National Coalition for the Homeless joined the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church and many other religious organizations in opposing President...

Some alleged crimes really do restore your faith in human nature. And then there's this: 40-year-old Jackalin Lillie was arrested in Southeast Precint today by detectives investigating the theft of approximately $13,000 from the Bridger Elementary School PTA Account. Lillie was arrested on one count of Aggravated Theft in the First Degree, 22 counts of Forgery in the First Degree and 22...