Grounds for worship

BY CHRISTIE STORM

Ah, coffee. The rich, steamy brew is a Sunday morning staple. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

Churches united in work, worship praised

BY HEATHER HAHN

In the vestibule of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Little Rock hangs a covenant the church signed with nearby Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

ORU reeling after accusations of misspending

BY JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TULSA — As Oral Roberts University passed out diplomas to students earlier this month, Anna Siebring, a junior, was preparing to mail out applications to transfer to another school. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

Evangelicals divided over manifesto on faith, politics

BY RACHEL ZOLL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Prominent evangelicals on Wednesday urged Christian conservatives to support “an expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics,” angering some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with the Republican Party. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

Communities of faith

Mount Sequoyah hails Fair Trade Day FAYETTEVILLE — The gift center at Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center will celebrate World Fair Trade Day 9 a.m.-7 p.m. today by offering a 10 percent discount on all fair-trade items. Free coffee from Arsaga’s will be served from 5-7 p.m. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

Faith in action

Text by: HEATHER WECSLER HAHN Arkansas Democrat-Gazette /GREG MOODY

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881 – 1955 What he did: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin first went to China in 1923 as something of an exile. For years, the Jesuit priest had irritated his superiors in Rome with his support of Darwin’s theory of evolution and his rejection of a literal Adam and Eve. The Catholic Church hoped to halt the dissemination of Teilhard’s ideas by banishing him far from Europe. Instead, Teilhard ended up helping to unearth a crucial piece of evidence for Darwin’s theory. Teilhard grew up on a prosperous family estate in central France, where from an early age he took an interest in the area’s rock formations. But after reading Thomas a Kempis’ Imitation of Christ, Teilhard found he was more interested in religion than rocks. He decided to join the Society of Jesus. Teilhard remained faithful even after an anti-clerical movement in 1901 forced him and other members of religious orders to flee France. He was ordained a priest in 1911 in Hastings, England. He taught physics for a time in Egypt b - Saturday, May 10, 2008

ON RELIGION : Seekers can follow faith – or dead ends – on Net

TERRY MATTINGLY

For millions of users, the World Wide Web has turned into a devil’s den packed with urban legends, pop-up pornography, Nigerian get-rich schemes and tidal waves of spam pushing medical products that make sailors blush. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

Islamic court allows reconversion

BY JULIA ZAPPEI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian Islamic court allowed a Muslim convert Thursday to return to her original faith of Buddhism, setting a precedent that could ease religious minorities’ worries about their legal rights. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

King’s temple ritual safe if throne is lost

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BHUBANESHWAR, India — Nepal’s monarch may soon be reduced to a commoner but there is one place he will always be king. - Saturday, May 10, 2008

McLaren:Add justice to mercy

BY RACHEL ZOLL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Author Brian McLaren is among the most influential American religious thinkers of the last decade. - Saturday, May 10, 2008