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• World AIDS Day 2007: Will The Church Take The Lead This Advent?

  Posted on Friday November 30th, 2007 at 19:28 in advent reflection, Bible, john 9:1-12, keep the promise, ministry, stop aids, taking the lead, unaids, WHO, world-aids-day 2007

  World AIDS Day 2007 brings a fresh challenge to the Church with this years theme of Leadership. [Image Source: UNAIDS - Zambian poster for World AIDS Day Campaign] A World AIDS Day Reflection on St. ...

• Prayer And The Garbage Truck God

  Posted on Monday October 22nd, 2007 at 16:31 in Bible, christian, ministry, pray, prayer, praying to god, sacred texts, scripture, theology, woman preacher

  Prayer Likened To A Garbage Truck Dear God, we come to you with everything And we feel like, you know, like we come to a passing garbage truck. For we throw all the things we don’t want in a ga...

• Panama Observes Month of Sacred Texts in September

  Posted on Tuesday September 4th, 2007 at 22:00 in Bible, month of sacred texts, panama

  September is the Month of Sacred Texts in Panama. Some Christians call it the Month of the Bible, and some others call it the Month of the Holy Scriptures. I prefer the official inclusive term -Month...

• What The Bible Says On Black Women's Hair And Character

  Posted on Tuesday May 1st, 2007 at 02:33 in Bible, bible and women, black women, elisabeth schussler fiorenza, natural hair, short hairstyle, theology, women´s issues

  The connection between Black women's hair, their character, and the Bible is worth revisiting. In my previous article, Black Women, Their Hair and Character Pt.I, I referred to the attitudes and...