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Left behind: Families struggle to navigate life after suicide

Today, though most religions still condemn suicide, there’s an understanding in many faiths that those who take their own lives don’t always have full control over their actions.
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Poll: U.S. Muslims more moderate than Muslims worldwide

| May 1, 2013

Muslims in America are much less inclined to support suicide bombing than other Muslims abroad, and are more likely to believe that people of other faiths can attain eternal life in heaven, according to a new report released Tuesday (April 30) by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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Boston amputees face a long spiritual struggle ahead

| Apr 26, 2013

For the 14 amputees who lost a limb in the Boston bombings, whether they go on to lead satisfying lives depends largely on how they handle the spiritual challenges at hand, according to amputees and researchers.
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Americans: Marijuana isn’t sinful but not sure it should be legal

| Apr 25, 2013

The poll, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service, found that 45 percent of those surveyed support the legalization of pot, compared to 49 percent who don’t. As with the gay marriage debate, older Americans and white evangelical Protestants are most opposed.
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Stress relief in a bottle or in a prayer?

| Apr 24, 2013

When stress does shark circles around writer Cynthia Barnett, she looks inward and upward. She writes: "It may not come in a bottle of eucalyptus and spearmint, but prayer unlooses a flood of soothing thoughts, good ideas for practical action, and most of all, a deepened sense of God’s love and Christly comfort. When I turn to my Creator in prayer, a flow of reassurance begins to work at once."
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Shaving for Sean benefits childhood cancer research

| Apr 18, 2013

On Saturday (April 20,) St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold a St. Baldrick's event to raise money to support childhood cancer research 1 - 4 p.m. at the church, 12 N. Sixth St.
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UFO Encounter center opens in Myrtle Beach

| Apr 10, 2013

Encounters: UFO Experience opened at Broadway on the Beach in Myrtle Beach on April 6 with artifacts and tales of contact with other intelligent beings in the universe. 
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UPDATE: Vatican astrophysicist talk canceled at UNCW

| Apr 5, 2013

The Rev. William Stoeger, astrophysicist and coordinator of science and theology programs for the Vatican Observatory, was to speak about Big Bang Cosmology and Divine Creation on April 10 at UNCW, but his talk has been postponed due to his health, says Sister Rosemary McNamara.
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Science and religion complement, not contradict, says Vatican astrophysicist

| Apr 3, 2013

Father William Stoeger had been scheduled to speak about Big Bang Cosmology & Divine Creation at 7:30 p.m. on April 10 at the University North Carolina Wilmington's Kenan Auditorium. But due to a sudden illness, the talk will be postponed. When Stoeger is well enough to travel again, the event will be rescheduled, said Sister Rosemary McNamara, director of UNCW's Catholic Student Center.
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Extra-Mile Parents: Seeing blessings through a Down syndrome diagnosis

| Mar 21, 2013

Thursday (March 21) is World Down Syndrome Day, and Bonny Logsdon Burns writes of the challenges and blessings that go along with parenting a child with Down syndrome by bringing us a letter from a friend whose baby girl has the disorder. Mary Kay Deal writes: "The look on her face each time seemed to speak to me from that same inaudible place..."See Mommy I am OK.  I am crawling on hands and knees just like you hoped.”  Sweet amazing Bella is now 2 years old, and although she does not have many recognizable words, I know the day is coming when she will turn to me with her impish grin and say aloud..."Mommy, I am OK.'"
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Just in time for Passover, Israel braces for locust invasion

| Mar 5, 2013

With Passover just three weeks away, the timing of a massive infestation of locusts in Egypt is striking many Israelis as downright biblical.
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