News reports from Afghanistan remind me that I have written several columns about injustice and violence. Powerful people in Afghanistan are bringing suffering to their people. May those who are
incredibly centrally. and jerusalem s so important to the world s three most prominent religions. you ve been involved in decades of negotiations. how do you sort out all the competing interests? it is the question that we could go through the next six hours of this network trying to answer. but do you get close to an answer? you know, the story leads off, the cnn story is great. it s very economical, and it does a phenomenal job i think encapsulating the breadth of it. but it concludes in 1967 where if in fact there is any hope for some sort of solution to jerusalem, the next 30 or 40 years has been tested against negotiations, and still none has been found. i think, in large part, alisyn and victor, it s because religion has served much more as a wall than a bridge. if the abrahamic faiths and
A reader asked, âWhy are people religious and what are the benefits?â
Studies reveal that supernatural spirituality is prehistoric. In these early times, humans sought communal living for support, comfort and security.
Then the group of people needed guidance for communal behavior. The reasons that humans became religious were based on needs and desires. Humans wanted to understand their natural surroundings and events.
Believing in higher powers provided assurance and comfort. Over the years, religion gave purpose and meaning to life. These needs are still important today.
A Pew Research Center survey found that, “Regular participation in a religious community is linked with higher levels of happiness and civic engagement.” (https://www.pewforum.org/2019/01/31/religions-relationship-to-happiness-civic-
Artist goes back in time to paint Women of Faith portraits
EUAN KERR, Minnesota Public Radio News
Apr 30, 2021
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota artist Mark Balma is drawing on ancient techniques to create three huge frescoes for a church in Italy. He planned to do the work on site, but the pandemic intervened. As he faced a modern challenge, he turned to an approach developed more than 2,000 years ago.
When the coronavirus halted international travel, a friend offered Balma the use of an undeveloped atrium in a new building in Uptown Minneapolis. The ventilation system is borderline deafening, but it’s got big windows and great natural light.