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  Conservatives say Utah polygamy ruling confirms worst fears

  Fueling debates over marriage and religious freedom, a federal judge declared unconstitutional Utah’s laws criminalizing polygamy, ruling on a case involving the Brown family from the cable TV reality series Sister Wives.

  12/19/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Rockwell painting sold

  “Saying Grace,” an iconic painting by popular American artist Norman Rockwell, sold for $46 million at auction—a price three times higher than his previous record. 

  12/12/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Adventure, environmentalism offer off-road route to God

  Some religious leaders are turning their ways of living the faith inside out. They’re taking believers into the woods, rivers and deserts to find spiritual truth through adventure and environmental awareness.

  12/12/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Go tell it—clearly and simply

  The Good News, once announced by angels to shepherds in their fields, is now delivered on a variety of media platforms around the world. But is the message being buried under the multitude of venues we have to choose from?

  12/12/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Christians helping Jews, Palestinians in West Bank

  Christian involvement in the disputed West Bank the spans the political divide. Some are donating and giving hands-on help to Israeli settlers. Others are supporting Palestinian farmers harvest their olives.

  12/12/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Rick Warren shares good news about Daniel’s weight loss plan

  Rick Warren’s new book, The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life, details a lifestyle program that helped the megachurch pastor lose 65 pounds and propelled members of his congregation to drop more than 250,000 pounds collectively.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Bay Psalm Book sold

  One of the 11 surviving copies of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in English in America, fetched $14.2 million at Sotheby’s auction house in Manhattan. 

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  More give to religion than realize it

  The end of the year focuses attention on giving—not only presents on Christmas morning, but also gifts to charitable causes. New research is shedding light on the meaning of “religious giving.”

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Cathedral to charge admission

  Facing a $26 million earthquake repair bill and years of financial woes, the iconic Washington National Cathedral will start charging visitors in 2014.

  11/28/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Forensic scientists reconstruct ‘Lost Faces of the Bible’

  A new four-part TV series on the National Geographic Channel, Lost Faces of the Bible, follows forensic experts as they recreate long-gone faces utilizing the same state-of-the art technology used by police investigators.

  11/28/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  What makes a good old age?

  People often say they want a good “quality of life” in their older years. But what does they mean when they say it?

  11/27/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Americans divided on facing death

  Fight it, choose it or let it come? Death may be inevitable, but one in three want doctors never to quit fighting it. And that number has nearly doubled in 23 years, a new survey finds.

  11/26/2013 - By John Rutledge