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Docs Out of the Box: A spiritual approach is pushing them out of it

Christian Science writer Cynthia Barnett writes: "But a remarkable thing has happened to medical practitioners, traditionally conservative in their approach to new theories. Many are now thinking “out of the box” for physical diagnosis and treatment as they seek to give patients what they want and need ---more accessible, effective and affordable health care."
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12 belief-related resources for helping after Oklahoma tornado

| May 22, 2013

Want to send aid to Oklahoma in the wake of the EF-5 tornado that tore through on Monday (May 20)? Here's a quick look at 12 faith-related organizations you can give through.
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Can grief be a mental illness? With new diagnostic changes, maybe

| May 21, 2013

On Saturday (May 18), in a move that could add to the tension between religion and science, the American Psychiatric Association changed a controversial diagnosis regarding how grief relates to mental health.
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ETHICS: Do Americans really care how their clothes are made?

| May 21, 2013

Clothing manufacturers in North America and Europe — operating with scant supervision of their operations — have made Bangladesh the second-largest exporter of clothes in the world. The enormity of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory is already beginning to change the country’s free-for-all business climate.
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After Boston, will we make peace or holy patriots?

| May 20, 2013

After the violence at the Boston Marathon, America has a choice on its way forward, says Muslim writer Sam Wazan. He writes: "Now, the false question is “Why is Islam a religion of violence?” A better question is “Why do militant Muslim radicals find America to be the frontier?” The right questions diagnose problems more accurately."
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Congregations tend the soil and the soul with vegetable gardens

| May 17, 2013

Rev. Morris G.Henderson’s congregation is one of a growing number throughout the country that are raising fruits and vegetables for soup kitchens and food pantries in what are often called food justice programs; in some synagogues they’re known as mitzvah gardens.
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Kazi - a Hampstead man’s quest to create work and a future for African children

| May 14, 2013

In Kazi, the students take an online Strong Interest Inventory Test, which tells them where their interests connect with possible careers. Then Kenyan professionals volunteer to guide the orphans their through their schooling.
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Army veteran organizes continental motorcycle ride to benefit Wounded Warrior Project

| May 10, 2013

As we approach the summer season with Memorial Day today (May 27), Flag Day on June 14 and Independence Day on July 4, many Americans will donate to veterans causes through running, sending checks and lemonade stands.
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ANALYSIS: Where are the Christians on burying Tsarnaev?

| May 8, 2013

Cemeteries and even some mosques have refused to take suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body. His city, Cambridge, has urged family members to bury him elsewhere. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez and local talk radio host Dan Rae want him dumped in the ocean, like Osama bin Laden. Clergy have largely kept mum.
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Love for Larue - a community unites for one little girl

| May 3, 2013

This weekend the Love for Larue Festival will feature eight area bands as a benefit for the family at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday (May 3-4) at the Soapbox Laundro-Lounge, 255 N. Front St.
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Duke theologian Richard Lischer tries to make sense of his son’s death

| May 1, 2013

At its core, “Stations of the Heart” is a love story of a father and son. That son was a onetime assistant district attorney in eastern North Carolina, a husband, a recent Roman Catholic convert and an expectant father when a three-month checkup revealed a recurrence of melanoma, this time in the form of multiple, inoperable lesions. He was 33.
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