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In Memorial: To Love beyond Death and Life
May 4th · No Comments · The Coastal Star, Unitarian Universalist
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Pastor Ted Bush and his First Presbyterian flock: After 25 years, it’s still about them (and the Cubs)
December 4th · 1 Comment · The Coastal Star
http://thecoastalstar.ning.com/profiles/blogs/church-marks-pastors Church marks pastor’s quarter-century How typical of Dr. Theodore “Ted” Bush: His church congregation was celebrating him. But he was celebrating them. That would be the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, whose members assemble at a historic site a block from the ocean, and whose letterhead proclaims it “The Community Church by the […]
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Choices abound for celebrating winter’s holy days
December 3rd · No Comments · The Coastal Star
That hint to humanity in the annual convergence of winter holidays? It keeps getting louder and louder. This year is no exception. With Thanksgiving and Christmas, Hanukah and the Hajj, Kwanzaa, New Years, Three Kings Day and others in such proximity, conditions are great for all kinds of good.
Tags: Christmas·Diwali·Eid al-Fitr·Hajj·Hanukah·Kwanzaa·New Years·Ramadan·Thanksgiving·Three Kings Day·Yom Kippur
Muslim, Jewish communities unite: Twinning mosques and synagogues, JAM & All
October 1st · No Comments · Jewish, Muslim, Rabbi Marc Schneier, The Coastal Star
InterFaith21: Muslim, Jewish communities unite to find common ground By C.B. Hanif Sundown on Friday, Sept.18 marked the beginning of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The next day, others began observing Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the completion of Ramadan, the Muslim month of rededication. Still others, including Christian friends (some of whom The Washington Post noted […]
Gratitude: for Florida Press Club recognition of my InterFaith21 column in The Coastal Star newspaper
September 24th · No Comments · InterFaith21.com, The Coastal Star
Professional awards and other recognitions always are special. Although not the biggest, this one is especially so. Not only for being bestowed by my journalism peers. And in a time of unprecedented change in our profession. But also for coming in a new venue, The Coastal Star newspaper. As well as a new arena of […]
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Any congregation can: Delray clergy group plans ‘harvest’ dinner (Interfaith21)
July 30th · 1 Comment · The Coastal Star
This was posted this earlier, but here it is as my latest InterFaith21 column at The Coastal Star: It’s something that any congregation — or, better yet, group of congregations — can do. This time it’s the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association. The idea germinated from photocopies of Peace Notes. And the note scribbled across […]
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Observations on a National Day of Prayer
July 2nd · No Comments · American Civil Liberties Union, Delray Beach, Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association, Golden Rule, National Day of Prayer, Prayer, Separation of church and state, The Coastal Star
(Another original from I21 in The Coastal Star) How prayer would manifest in a municipal setting was my question when I learned that Delray Beach would host a National Day of Prayer observance in front of City Hall. The event, celebrated nationwide on the first Thursday each May, was established by Congress to encourage Americans […]
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Rabbi Marc Schneier: “Rabbi at forefront of faith, ethnic dialogue.”
July 1st · No Comments · Jewish, Muslim, Rabbi Marc Schneier, The Coastal Star
Editor Mary Kate Leming says another fine edition of The Coastal Star newspaper went to press last night. That means I soon can provide a link to the Obama/Cairo comment from my regular InterFaith21 column in TCS. Meanwhile I’m posting links to several other I21 essays in the paper. First, Rabbi Marc Schneier: “Rabbi at […]
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