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Women of Faith: Searching for God

Women of Faith: Searching for God

Anjali Kumar met with witches in New York, a shaman in Peru, and a faith healer in Brazil, in a quest to find her spiritual home. What she found wasn't what she sought.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Tara Westover's memoir 'Educated'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Tara Westover's memoir 'Educated'

Tara Westover speaks at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival about her best-selling memoir, "Educated."

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After disagreements over LGBT clergy, U.S. Methodists move closer to split

After disagreements over LGBT clergy, U.S. Methodists move closer to split

Methodists around the U.S. have been engaged in tense discussions over the future of their church. "We are in an untenable situation," Bishop Thomas Bickerton told delegates at a recent meeting.
by Tom Gjelten

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Mpls. congregation may be expelled from denomination over LGBT stance

Mpls. congregation may be expelled from denomination over LGBT stance

A Minneapolis pastor will likely be defrocked and his congregation expelled from the Evangelical Covenant Church this week. The issue: same-sex relationships.
by Cathy Wurzer

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New Ulm diocese reaches $34M settlement with abuse victims

New Ulm diocese reaches $34M settlement with abuse victims

The Diocese of New Ulm has reached a $34 million settlement in its bankruptcy case with 93 people who say they were sexually abused by priests and others.
by Associated Press

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Women of Faith: Millennial Christians say loving God means protecting creation

Women of Faith: Millennial Christians say loving God means protecting creation

Evangelicals have long focused more on saving souls than on saving God's creation. But some younger believers want to flip the script. Kerri Miller spoke with two environmental activists who are motivated by their faith to do something about climate change.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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St. Cloud Times calls out 'cowards' for racism, xenophobia

A recent New York Times article turned the spotlight on St. Cloud and the hostilities toward immigrants and refugees there. The editorial board of the St. Cloud Times published a response titled "Cowards Will Be our Downfall."
by Cathy Wurzer

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MPR News with Kerri Miller series: Women of Faith

MPR News with Kerri Miller series: Women of Faith

As women's voices in faith communities become louder, MPR News with Kerri Miller is speaking with women who are energized by some of our most urgent policy, spiritual and philosophical questions.

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Minnesota Methodists resolve to allow officiating of same-sex unions, LGBT ordination

Minnesota Methodists resolve to allow officiating of same-sex unions, LGBT ordination

Members of Minnesota's United Methodist Church voted to commit to full inclusion of LGBT people, in response to the position of the denomination's global conference to maintain rules against same-sex marriage and gay ordination.
by Nina Moini

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