Articles tagged: faith
COLUMN: Belief in God: Are Americans’ beliefs meaningless after all?
Posted: May 25, 2012Editor'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 belief around the world, and where Americans stand in comparison. ... Read more »
Opinion: Does the atom have a designer? When science and spirituality meet
Posted: May 24, 2012The fundamental building block for the universe in not a passive billiard ball. It is a complex assembly of interacting particles called the atom. These subatomic particles represent a fine balance of forces, have very ... Read more »
COLUMN: Belief in God: Have Americans always believed in God?
Posted: May 23, 2012Editor'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 belief around the world, and where Americans stand in comparison. ... Read more »
COLUMN: Beliefs in God around the world: Do you have doubts?
Posted: May 21, 2012Editor'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 belief around the world, and where Americans stand in comparison. ... Read more »
COLUMN: Faith & Politics: Seek to understand, or to be understood?
Posted: May 18, 2012Editor'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 Christianity and politics in America. Greg Garrett’s Faithful Citizenship is ... Read more »
COLUMN: Faith & Politics: Do we rise and fall together?
Posted: May 16, 2012Editor'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 Christianity and politics in America. What’s the story of America? ... Read more »
COLUMN: Faith & Politics: More than one Christian way to vote?
Posted: May 14, 2012Proclamations and invocations of faith are constant companions on the campaign trail, as we've heard throughout this political season. Politicians routinely appeal to scripture to support their policies, and sometimes to attack their opponents. Read more »
Michigan caucus backs 'Judeo-Christian' beliefs
Posted: Apr 30, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
neighborhoods: Natural habit trails join Broadway and Traver neighborhoods
Posted: Apr 25, 2012What gives you peace in a natural setting as well as a healthy activity, and — if you live close by — fossil fuel savings? A walk through the St. Aidan’s/Northside Presbyterian Natural Habitat. The trails in ... Read more »
faith: 35-year Good Friday tradition highlights diversity of Broadway neighborhood
Posted: Apr 05, 2012At noon on April 6, in a contemporary service of "Stations of the Cross," members and friends of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church will bear their cross from the bottom to the top of Broadway hill. For ... Read more »
Eastern Michigan football team braces for Toledo's spread offense
Posted: Oct 06, 2011The Rockets will get their yards. How the Eastern Michigan football team reacts, coach Ron English says, will determine how successful it is Saturday against Toledo. Toledo’s spread offense is averaging more than 350 yards ... Read more »
FAITH & RELIGION: Dr. Fairfax Fair to lead First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor
Posted: Sep 15, 2011The Presbyterian Church had always been part of Fairfax Fair’s life, starting as a child growing up in a small town in southern Arkansas. But it didn’t occur to her to enter the ministry until ... Read more »
Muslims discuss impact of 9-11 on their community
Posted: Sep 13, 2011The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had a lasting impact on most Americans, but perhaps more so for Muslims and Arab Americans who suddenly found themselves the objects of suspicion and, in some cases, outright hatred. ... Read more »
Faith: Reflecting on the 10th anniversary of 9/11: May we be inspired to act on our nation's noblest dreams
Posted: Sep 05, 2011I was sitting in a staff meeting when we heard the news about the Twin Towers. It was one of the most ghastly and frightening moments of my life. To honor those who had died, ... Read more »
column: Finally finding time for church/temple in the space of summer
Posted: Aug 14, 2011A girlfriend who attends St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church once told me how invaluable that one hour a week every Sunday morning was for her, to sit, reflect, pray, and be alone. To hear her ... Read more »
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