Posted: Tue Feb 7 4:45 p.m. by Carly Parker AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Valentine's Day is the perfect time to recommit to your marriage, create quality 'date night' with your spouse

Married for 27 years, Judy Maynard and her husband Mike know that marriage is not always chocolate and roses. Taking a page from experience, they're on a mission to use what they've learned to help others reconnect and strengthen their relationships — and sometimes that takes a good date night. ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 1 12:27 p.m. by Wayne Baker Community Contributor
Mormons: What do they think about their life in America?

Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week, Dr. Baker is discussing what has been called the “Mormon moment” in America, what Mormons think and believe, and how they believe other Americans perceive them.

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Posted: Tue Jan 10 8 a.m. by Mary Bilyeu AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Try a dish of ham and shrimp with black-eyed peas for National Voodoo Day

Today is a holiday in the West African country Benin: it's National Voodoo Day. Now, before anyone starts thinking I'll be offering a recipe for a magic potion, let me assure you that the true practice of Voodoo doesn't involve all the propaganda that is usually associated with it. According ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 6 5:57 a.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
New chaplain first Muslim leader to serve University of Michigan students

When Mohammed Tayssir Safi was an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan from 2004 to 2006, there was not a Muslim figure he could go to for guidance. "I was ... trying to understand how to grapple between that intellectual side and ... the spiritual side," Safi, 27, said. ...

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Posted: Tue Jan 3 5:57 a.m. by Julie Baker News producer
Ann Arbor missionaries to Philippines help with relief effort following devastating flash floods

Stories of death and loss abound in the southern Filipino city of Cagayan de Oro City, which was devastated by a flash flood Dec. 16-17, a missionary from Ann Arbor said. Heather Roa, who lives there with her family as a missionary from Ann Arbor Assembly of God, said many ...

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Posted: Tue Dec 27 5:58 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
To the rescue: Church collects unsold food from U-M football and basketball games for Food Gatherers

After all of the excitement of a University of Michigan football game ended, after the final cheers and the last refrain of the fight song, after the last burly player left the field and the final frenzied fan found the exit, a crime - of sorts - would be committed: ...

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Posted: Tue Dec 20 5:55 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Making the most of holiday pop-culture favorites in an interfaith home

In our house, on the day after Thanksgiving, we not only haul the fake Christmas tree up from the basement and decorate it; we also place a menorah in the window and take our dreidels out for a spin. We enjoy combining traditions—and the usual “Whose family do we spend ...

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Posted: Sun Dec 11 5:57 a.m. by Tom Perkins AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Burning Bush expands new church under renovation in Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township’s Burning Bush International Ministries is making plans to expand its new church even before moving in its congregation. At its Tuesday night meeting, the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 1,900 square foot addition on to the existing 24,877 square foot former Carnahan Chevrolet dealership at ...

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Posted: Mon Dec 5 12:34 p.m. by Julie Baker News producer

University of Michigan professor Sherman Jackson has been named one of the top 500 most influential Muslims in the world by an international Islamic non-governmental, independent institute headquartered in Amman, Jordan.

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Posted: Thu Dec 1 6 a.m. by Angela Verges AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
What should your kids know about prayer?

When my son was 4 years old, we were sitting at the breakfast table preparing for our meal. I noticed he closed his eyes and bowed his head silently for a few moments. When he was done, I asked him what he was doing. He said, "praying." I asked my ...

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Posted: Wed Nov 30 3:18 p.m. by Wayne Baker Community Contributor
Overspent? Should we blame Pogo, plastic, or the Prosperity Gospel?

Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. In light of Cyber-Monday, Dr. Baker is discussing America's consumer culture and our tendencies to overspend. Who’s the enemy in our culture of consumption? "We have met the enemy and he ...

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Posted: Thu Nov 17 5:58 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
A 'blooming miracle': Volunteers mount remodeling effort that allows woman with polio to stay in her Ann Arbor home

Liina Paasuke hasn’t allowed polio to stop her from leading an independent life: She learned to drive using hand controls, she graduated from the University of Michigan, she helped raise a foster son, she had a long career as a rehabilitation counselor. But in the summer of 2010, all of ...

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