Play54min 00secMoney and moral balanceDecember 19, 2006 12:00 PMThe malls are teeming with people. The mice are clicking merrily at online retailers. With the holiday shopping season entering its finishline dash, Speaking of Faith looks for ways to strike a balance between consumerism and the spirit of the season.
Play53min 50secA new take on the mind-body connectionDecember 19, 2006 12:00 AMAuthor Matthew Sanford says paralysis and his subsequent career teaching yoga taught him how we all fail to be mindful of our bodies.
Play54min 00secHanukkah lightsDecember 15, 2006 12:00 PMThe Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins Friday at sundown. By tradition to mark the occasion, Midday presents National Public Radio's "Hanukkah Lights" special featuring four short stories about Hanukkah and Jewish life.
Play53min 50secChristianity and politicsDecember 7, 2006 12:00 AMHe's the pastor of one of the Twin Cities' megachurches. Leith Anderson talks about what the 2006 midterm elections say about evangelicals and politics.
Muslims seek prayer room at Twin Cities airportDecember 1, 2006 2:04 PMTheir request follows the removal last week of a group of imams from a U.S. Airways flight in Minneapolis. The group had conducted their daily prayers in the airport terminal before boarding the plane.
Play54min 00secRabbi calls "spiritual progressives" to actionNovember 28, 2006 12:00 PMRabbi Michael Lerner, author of "The Left Hand of God: Taking our Country Back from the Religious Right," thinks the time has come for a "spiritual progressive movement." He explained his vision in a speech Nov. 18 in Minneapolis.
Play3min 54secDuluth debates church, state, and the Kroc CenterNovember 22, 2006 1:00 AMBy Stephanie HemphillIt's down to the wire for the Salvation Army recreation center proposed for Duluth. Tonight the city council takes a close look at the plans.
Play2min 07secIn some Muslim eyes, another case of "Flying while Muslim"November 21, 2006 7:49 PMBy Joshua FreedThe police report listed the incident as "Security-Other," but some saw the detention of imams at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport as another case of "Flying while Muslim" - the sense that Muslims come in for extra scrutiny when they fly.
Play6min 11secA new take on birthday giftsNovember 16, 2006 3:00 PMBy Sea StachuraA child's birthday party is supposed to be about celebration, but often for the kids it seems to be about the presents. For some parents, the way around that is to make the birthday gifts into birthday donations.
Play54min 00secFaith and politics in the Muslim worldNovember 2, 2006 12:00 PMReza Aslan, author of "No god but God," speaks Nov. 2 at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in downtown Minneapolis.