SELFISH DESIRE, LUST, AND GREED

• SELFISH DESIRE, LUST, AND GREED -- quotes from World Scripture

• Whatever has happened to Hell?

•  Spending God's Money: Opportunities, Limits, Extravagance And Misuse 

• Pop culture versus God

• Priest: Thou shalt not steal (unless it's from big business)

   

Ingenius: A homeless man divides his begging bowls by faith

Continue reading the story:

The World's Most Intelligent Beggar -- 'Which Religion Cares Most About The Homeless?': Man Divides Begging Bowls By Faith (PICTURE) huffingtonpost.co.uk 

Bringing God into the workplace creates calm, not controversy for Signature Healthcare

December 26, 2013 by Veronica Combs Read more: http://medcitynews.com

ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS by Mike Ghouse

Extract:

Should Christmas be an exclusive Christian event?
This Muslims' answer is no. We cannot limit Jesus to be exclusively owned by any group of people, nor can anyone monopolize his message. Jesus and his message belong to the whole of humanity.

continue reading : Festivals of the World: the Essence of Christmas

A Native American Christmas + Religious and Cultural news headlines of the day

• A Native American Christmas  The Topeka Capital-Journal 



	Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story N. Scott Momaday
	Native American Night Before Christmas Gary Robinson
	American Indian Christmas Jana Mashonee
	Native American Flute for Christmas (For Massage, New Age, Spa & Relaxation) Various Artists
	5.75" Native American Style Beaded Dreamcatcher Christmas Ornament with Gray Feathers Kurt Adler
	Pueblo Christmas Robert Mirabal
	Christmas Moccasins Ray Buckley




• Contemporary Pagans celebrate very familiar Yule traditions

• Twitter sheikhs of Saudi Arabia

• Should Muslims celebrate Christmas? Your leader has the answer.. link
• ABOUT DUCK DYNASTY | HOW ABOUT A REALITY SHOW ON PLURALISM? by  Mike Ghouse

• Drawn to the virtues, but not the vows

• Megan Quinn: Faith groups hope to help ease holiday stress 

• Expert on aging says boomers will return to church 
• 3 Muslim restaurant workers awarded $100,000 in discrimination case Toronto Star
• Maps of Seven Deadly Sins in America
• Religion and Human Rights: An Interview with Father Nabil Haddad
• A compendium of antidotes to Mandela blandiloquence:  Peter Hitchens thinks there is a Mandela cult
• Saudi Interfaith Forum: 'The world has never looked more malleable', Jewish Chronicle
• Man gets 28-year sentence in Ohio in $100M charity scam

• GOOD HUMOR IS GOOD

• DOES A WHITE CHRISTMAS MEAN SANTA AND JESUS HAVE TO BE WHITE? 

• Challenging Authority in Cyberspace: Evaluating Al Jazeera Arabic Writers, M Lo, A Frkovich - Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 2013 -- info courtesy: Gary R. Bunt

• New and noted - A.L. Stanton, 'Islamic Emoticons', in Internet and Emotions, Tova Benski, Eran Fisher (eds.), Routledge, 2013 --  Citizen Khan [Regions 2 & 4] Adil Ray / Citizen Khan [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] Adil Ray -- info courtesy: Gary R. Bunt

Faith-based food issues in the news headlines

Here is some information about many faiths, and includes Buddhist, Jain, Hindu (Vegetarian), Muslim (Halal), Jewish (Kosher), food (meals, diet, snacks) etc.

Meals for followers of certain religions (info courtesy: aeroflot.com)

Lenten meals
including vegetables, fruits, nuts, porridges, mushrooms, excluding meat, fish and dairy products
Islamic meals
without pork, gelatin and alcohol
Hindu meals
without beef, veal and pork, prepared very spicy
Kosher meals meals
prepared according to strict Jewish rules

Vegetarian meals

Vegetarian meals
purely vegetarian meals, excluding meat, fish, milk and eggs
Asia/Vegetarian meals
excluding meat and fish, limited use of dairy products

General news (included Vegetarian):

• Brookvale Union addresses criticism with new design invitation -- FOOD Magazine - Australia
• Temple cuisine: Food for the body and soul The Malay Mail Online
• City Buddha's Larry Collins talks great global flavors in local dining  Plain Dealer  
• Annual Katina Ceremony at Heathrow Athula Dassana International ... Sri Express  
• Clergy put together event in support of food pantries Boston.com 
• Want to become thin? start cutting down on stress -- Free Press Journal -- This the mantra given by Namita Jain, fitness expert to several Bollywood personalities.  
• Christmas Morning Recipe For Raspberry And Cream Cheese ... -- With 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
• WATCH: Right Wing Swoons Over Antigay Colo. Baker Ready to Go to Jail for Jesus
• Hindu activist: Christian, Jewish and Buddhist leaders condemn Asheville Brewing's Shiva beer -- In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Christian-Buddhist-Jewish leaders have backed Hindus upset over Indian Pale Ale beer brewed in Asheville (North Carolina) carrying the name-image of Hindu deity Lord Shiva.
• ‘Stop the Brahmins-first practice at Madae Snana' By Chetan R, Bangalore Mirror Bureau -- The stage is set for yet another tug-of-war between rationalists and the religious in the state. The former have knocked on chief minister Siddaramaiah's doors, seeking a ban on the annual 3-day Madae Snana ritual in December. At the ritual, Brahmins are offered food on plantain leaves. Devotees, generally of the lower castes, roll over the left-over food as fulfillment of a prayer-vow, at the Kukke Subrahmanya Swamy temple in Dakshina Kannada district. 
 

Muslim (Halal) 

• UAE: 125 exhibitors for Sharjah halal expo  Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir-Dec 11, 2013 
• McDonald's UAE Reaffirms Commitment to Food Safety & Halal ...  
• New Norms to Set the Standards for Global Halal Trade Zawya (registration)-Dec 11, 2013 
• Halal Reindeer Meat to Bring Christmas Tradition to Muslim Houses ... The Nordic Page-Dec 10, 2013 
• Halal Certification Bodies Convention, A Platfrom For M'sia To ... Bernama-  
• Halal-nomics — Need for standardisation, integration  The Malaysian Reserve 
• Aussie Halal burger chain plans to conquer the world MuslimVillage.com-Dec 7, 2013 
• Australian meat: “As Halal as it gets” Saudi Gazette-Dec 6, 2013

Kosher (Jewish)

•  At Jewish conferences, it's food glorious food. Jewish Telegraphic Agency  
• The cuisine connection The Hindu  -- Essie Sassoon remembers her early Sabbaths as a child in Kochi's JewTown. The women of Mattancherry's Jewish community spent the day before Sabbath... 
• Filmmaker of When Jews Were Funny gets comfort from diner food ... Toronto Star
• January 7th Webinar Addresses Kosher Foods and HACCP Food Safety Compliance  
• Celebrating Jewish Food in the Sunshine State  
• Jewish group accused of raising children in squalor amassed $6M OurWindsor.ca 
• Richmond Station's Carl Heinrich Gets Grilled On Menu Crafting ...  -- Kosher salt.
• Judge Orders FL Corrections Dept. to Offer Kosher Diet

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