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Extreme Christian Charity When the two UPS-style trucks pull up to the United Nations Plaza, the pedestrian mall goes from empty to jam packed with volunteers and homeless in a matter of minutes. The people in the area are eager to get their hands on great stuff like bikes, haircuts, foot massages, and of course messages of Jesus.
[ Story by Edmon David ]
Wednesday, Nov 29 2006 3:53 PM

Finding Some Comfort... “Sangha means community and that is the sense about it.”
[ Story by Jamie Roca ]
Wednesday, Nov 29 2006 11:49 AM

Art to Lure the Dead Today is Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, and there is drumming out on the streets while people are spilling in and out of the Mission Cultural Center. There are street vendors selling skeletons made of wax, skeleton posters, Mexican hot chocolate and marigolds outside the center’s door.
[ Story by Jamie Roca ]
Thursday, Nov 16 2006 2:36 PM

Opening Up to Islam Growing up under communism, the closest I came to religion was when a missionary dressed as a clown grabbed me by my hand and prayed for me. It was the early �90s when western missionaries flooded Eastern Europe to save our lost communist souls.
[ Story by Erika Downs ]
Thursday, Oct 26 2006 1:14 PM

What's in a Symbol? It’s the most distinctive feature on Pankaj Patel’s face. When the 53-year-old walks through Golden Gate Park on the weekends with his wife, strangers of all races and ethnicities often take brief glances at it before quickly adverting their...
[ Story by Edward Tan ]
Sunday, Oct 22 2006 7:58 PM

Walking a New Path American women converting to a Muslim lifestyle is more common than one might think.
[ Story by Eden Olsen ]
Saturday, Oct 21 2006 2:48 PM

I Promise Not To... Virginity pledges have become a popular trend among the young Christian community. Programs like True Love Waits and The Silver Ring Thing, as well as church youth groups across the country, are taking part in these events where young people gather in large groups and sign their names to a card pledging to remain virgins until marriage.
[ Story by Katie Neimand ]
Wednesday, Oct 4 2006 8:36 PM

People of Faith Defy Sterotypes She gets up and follows the nurse into the examination room. After she undresses and puts on the gown she is directed to another room. This room is even starker. Two beds lie side by side and the girl in the bed next to her is crying. When the doctor finally comes in for the pre-examination, he tells her that she might be too far along, and that she is going to have to wait a while.
[ Story by Katie Neimand ]
Wednesday, Oct 4 2006 7:31 PM

Catholic Priests with Guns Trinity Blood is set sometime in the very distant future, 500 years after a catastrophic war referred to only as “The Armageddon,” in which human civilization is nearly destroyed. Humanity, of course, escapes this total annihilation and years later, for some reason, the Catholic Church is the only organization powerful enough to rebuild society and it does so in its own ideals and beliefs.
[ Story by Edward Tan ]
Sunday, Oct 1 2006 1:09 PM

The Church of Reality The Church of Reality or CoR, founded in 1998, is now composed of 500 participating members, 1,000 e-mail subscribers, and a Web site that receives approximately 3,000 hits per day, Perkel says.
[ Story by Courtney Argo ]
Monday, Sep 25 2006 8:35 AM

The Armenian Food Festival At six o’clock, well-dressed families pour in through the gates, and eagerly wait in long lines that spill out from the main dining hall. As they dine one grape leaf dolmas and pilaf, the Hamaskayin dance group performs on stage. Young women in ornate headdresses and beaded costumes smile as they swirl their hands elegantly, following each other slowly in snake like patterns.
[ Story by Courtney Argo ]
Wednesday, Sep 20 2006 5:13 AM

The Realm of the Jinn In Islam-associated mythology, the only way jinn were said to be controllable was by magically binding them to objects, as in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, in the story of Aladdin where a jinn was bound to an oil lamp.
[ Story by Courtney Leslie ]
Thursday, Aug 31 2006 11:40 AM