Results for ritual
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To Have and to Hold (and to Serve Six)
Originally Posted: 05/15/2013 - 10:05am | Type: Magazine Article -
Ed Spivey Jr. When wedding bells ring, don't forget the jello. JUNE IS A special month, particularly for ...
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Why I Return to Bikram Yoga, and the Church
Originally Posted: 03/04/2013 - 2:47pm | Type: Blog -
As I waited in the room heated to 105 degrees, my friend Molly looked for a sliver of floor space for her yoga mat. “I probably need a more relaxing type of yoga,” I whispered, almost apologizing for bringing ...
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'Relevance' Is Not Enough
Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 10:52am | Type: Magazine Article -
Anne Marie Roderick Joshua Witchger Many young adults are leaving the church these day ...
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Smell. Sip. Sacrament.
Originally Posted: 11/13/2012 - 2:21pm | Type: Blog -
In coffee ceremonies back in Africa, the beans were ground by hand with a mortar and pestal. They’d be uneven. Chunky. When steeped, the coffee needed to be sieved over and over to make the final product perfe ...
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The Sacred Rite of Hunting Bald Eagles
Originally Posted: 03/20/2012 - 12:13pm | Type: Blog -
Until recently, it was illegal for Native Americans to acquire bald eagle feathers and parts – relics used for a variety of tribal rituals and ceremonies – by any means other than family or the National Eagle ...
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Halloween and Jesus: A Reconciliation in the Dark
Originally Posted: 11/08/2011 - 8:06am | Type: Blog -
Two years ago, my then 10-year-old son celebrated his first Halloween. He'd arrived in the United States from Africa just a few months before, and as far as we could discern no such Oct. 31 holiday exists ...
