<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- Faith & Values]]> http://www.kentucky.com/158/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com Faith & Values 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:59 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[Central Kentucky teens help their peers in battle against suicide]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066219/central-kentucky-teens-help-their.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066219/central-kentucky-teens-help-their.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:13 EST "I pick up one piece at a time," Woodford County High School senior says.

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]]> <![CDATA[Rich Copley: I'm adding my beard to the fight against cancer]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066406/rich-copley-im-adding-my-beard.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066406/rich-copley-im-adding-my-beard.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:11 EST When I got my pastor's email about Beards for Buds, I thought about my dad, who died after battling lung cancer when I was 12. And I thought about my…

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]]> <![CDATA[Lexington churches' beard-growing contest raises money for men's cancers]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066386/lexington-churches-beard-growing.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066386/lexington-churches-beard-growing.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:43 EST Just before Christmas, Jud Davis went to his pastor with an idea. Davis, who is living with stage-four, or advanced, cancer, told the Rev. Pete Jones that men with cancer…

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]]> <![CDATA[Paul Prather: Criticizing 'Fireproof' sets off firestorm]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064226/paul-prather-criticizing-fireproof.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/11/2064226/paul-prather-criticizing-fireproof.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00 EST I've been writing newspaper columns off and on for 25 years, and one thing I've always enjoyed about it is that people respond.

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]]> <![CDATA[In life and faith, Matt Maher finds meaning in the unknown]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063654/matt-maher-man-of-mystery.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063654/matt-maher-man-of-mystery.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24 EST Like every other pop singer, Matt Maher has a Facebook page and Twitter account, but he’s a little wary of them. “It’s created a sense of accessibility, and for artists…

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]]> <![CDATA[Compassion International gives kids a hand up]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061658/compassion-international-gives.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061658/compassion-international-gives.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The refrigerator door is where parents often show off their children's artwork and other achievements.

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]]> <![CDATA[Army officer wants humanism officially recognized]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060608/army-officer-wants-humanism-officially.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060608/army-officer-wants-humanism-officially.html Domestic Nonwashington Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:07 EST Soldiers who don't believe in God can go to war with "Atheist" stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs are still officially invisible in…

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]]> <![CDATA[Religion news in brief]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060698/religion-news-in-brief.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060698/religion-news-in-brief.html Domestic Nonwashington Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42 EST Drug gang banners appear in central Mexico city Pope will visit…

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]]> <![CDATA[Voices of Faith: Can one experience the greatness of the Divine without prayer?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060580/voices-of-faith-can-one-experience.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060580/voices-of-faith-can-one-experience.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Voices of Faith: Can one experience the greatness of the Divine without prayer?

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]]> <![CDATA[An affront Catholics agree on]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060350/an-affront-catholics-agree-on.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060350/an-affront-catholics-agree-on.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Ever since the closing of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, conservative and liberal Roman Catholics have been deeply divided over church teachings, many of them concerning marriage and sexual…

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]]> <![CDATA[A Puritan's 'war against religion']]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058941/a-puritans-war-against-religion.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058941/a-puritans-war-against-religion.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00 EST In January, while conservative Christians and GOP presidential candidates were charging that "elites" have launched "a war against religion," a federal court in Rhode Island ordered a public school to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Faith-based tolerance on gay marriage]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058935/faith-based-tolerance-on-gay-marriage.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058935/faith-based-tolerance-on-gay-marriage.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Feb. 5:

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]]> <![CDATA[Paying for birth control]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058934/paying-for-birth-control.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058934/paying-for-birth-control.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday, Feb. 6:

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]]> <![CDATA[A matter of faith]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058754/a-matter-of-faith.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058754/a-matter-of-faith.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Feb. 3:

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]]> <![CDATA[France inaugurates first public Muslim cemetery]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058367/france-inaugurates-first-public.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058367/france-inaugurates-first-public.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00 EST France's first public cemetery for Muslims was inaugurated Monday in the city of Strasbourg.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ga. pastor apologizes to Jewish group for ceremony]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056996/ga-pastor-apologizes-to-jewish.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056996/ga-pastor-apologizes-to-jewish.html Domestic Nonwashington Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:32 EST A Georgia megachurch leader is apologizing to a Jewish group that criticized him for taking part in a ceremony in which he was wrapped in a religious scroll and exalted…

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]]> <![CDATA[A meeting of hearts if not minds between Jehovah's Witnesses and an atheist doctor]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056779/a-meeting-of-hearts-if-not-minds.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056779/a-meeting-of-hearts-if-not-minds.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Christina Blouvan-Cervantes had been battling aggressive leukemia when her blood count plummeted and she landed in the emergency room in Fresno, Calif. Her doctors told her a blood transfusion was…

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]]> <![CDATA[Mormons grapple with media attention during Romney run]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056709/mormons-grapple-with-media-attention.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056709/mormons-grapple-with-media-attention.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00 EST As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues his drive to win his party's nomination, Mormons worry they could face a barrage of negative scrutiny, much like that which engulfed President…

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]]> <![CDATA[Steven Curtis Chapman comes back to his roots for new album, tour]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2055079/re-creating-powerful-moments-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2055079/re-creating-powerful-moments-in.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:48 EST It has been 20 years since Steven Curtis Chapman's breakthrough hit, The Great Adventure, was released.

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]]> <![CDATA[Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception coverage]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2055297/catholics-plan-counterattack-on.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2055297/catholics-plan-counterattack-on.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The Catholic Church reacted strongly Friday to a White House defense of new rules that will force many religious employers to provide contraception to their workers in government-mandated health insurance…

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