<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - On Faith</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/religion/onfaith?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><description>On Faith</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[With Groups' Help, the Disabled Carve Out a Place at the Altar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22073-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22073-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em>  On Faith appears the first Sunday of each month.</em><br> Inside a small house in Northeast Washington, a dozen or so adults gathered around the long dinner table carefully set with a lace cloth.]]></description><author> Mary Otto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVELATIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22034-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22034-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Making Churches Man-Friendly <br>Why do 13 million more women than men attend church services every week?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voices: Thoughts on Gender Neutrality in the Bible]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19294-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19294-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Do you approve of gender-neutral translations of the Bible?]]></description><author> Voices</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Business of Filling Pews]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10608-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10608-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> On Faith appears the first Sunday </em><br><em>of each month.</em><br>The Rev. John W. Wimberly Jr. took a page from the corporate world when his congregation was at a crossroads: He hired a marketing consultant.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Breakaway Congregations Be Allowed to Keep Church Property?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10556-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10556-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The congregation of any church is fluid. New generations put a different face on the parish family, which is affected by economic swings and neighborhood ethnic patterns. The one constant is the denomination with its core values and faith practice.]]></description><author> Voices</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVELATIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10557-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10557-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Phone Blockers Answer Higher Call <br> Roman Catholic priests in Monterrey, Mexico, got so fed up with ringing cell phones during Mass that they started jamming them with counterintelligence devices.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Any Religions Other Than Your Own Offer a Path to God?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1666-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1666-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yes, I believe there are other paths to God outside of the religion I practice (Catholicism/Christianity). Religion is our attempt to create structure around a belief system embedded in a particular culture. The path to God exists outside of that. We are on our way to God when we let go of arrogance and ask God to show us the way to Him. Anyone can do this, regardless of religion; in principle, religion should help us do this.]]></description><author> Voices</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grass-Roots Men's Ministries Growing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1423-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1423-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Spurred by the example of Promise Keepers, men's ministries based in churches are proliferating.]]></description><author> Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Voices: Paths to God]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64022-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64022-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Do any religions other than your own offer a path to God?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVELATIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1427-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1427-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Shroud Controversy Won't Quit <br>Given the fancy equipment used to identify criminals and murder victims these days -- some of it seen on the popular television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" -- you'd think modern scientists could determine once and for all whether the Shroud of Turin is artifact or forgery. Not so.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Rift Resonates in Md. Display]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41580-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41580-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   <em>On Faith appears the first Sunday of each month.</em><br>CUMBERLAND, Md. -- When word got out in October that public officials had removed a 47-year-old stone engraving of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse, people in this small mill town took action.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVELATIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41516-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41516-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    The Holy Spirit Made Him Do It <br>Pope John Paul II has proclaimed more saints and blesseds in his 26-year reign than 38 of his predecessors combined, racking up a total of 1,828 people deemed worthy of veneration.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Morally Consistent to Oppose Abortion and Support the Death Penalty?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41517-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41517-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yes. Without getting into the debate about what the Old Testament and New Testament teach, I say look at the obvious. The person who is on death row awaiting execution is there as a result of his/her own actions. The unborn child who is aborted dies from the action of another. The child has not done anything warranting such a harsh penalty.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Voices: Life and Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36839-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36839-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Commuters Happy to Feel Blue at Last]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1911-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1911-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Devin McCall, 35, Suitland, employee of Bugaboo Creek Steak House at the Boulevard at the Capital Centre:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preaching by Committee]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35110-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35110-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many worshipers see it as the loneliest part of a minister's job: crafting a sermon alone, in the wee hours, the only aids a Bible and some reference books before presenting the fully formed product to the congregation the next day.]]></description><author> Lila Arzua</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVELATIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36058-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36058-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Was It Made With Miracle Whip? <br>Will a grilled cheese sandwich bearing a likeness of the Virgin Mary meet the Roman Catholic church's criteria of a divine apparition?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Believe in Guardian Angels?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36053-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36053-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/religion/onfaith</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You've got to be kidding. Without my guardian angels (I have two of them -- one on each shoulder), I'd be (1) dead by now, I'm absolutely certain (2) sideswiping cars on very narrow D.C. streets (3) still trying to pass calculus in first-year college and physics in second-year and (4) a whole bunch of other bad things that befall us mere humans.]]></description><author> Voices</author></item></channel></rss>
