FLDS Cover Story in February National Geographic

Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 04-02-2010

Randall Stephens

The latest issue of National Geographic arrived in my mailbox yesterday. And, behold, it doth have this story on “The Polygamists: A sect that split from the Mormons allows multiple wives, expels ‘lost boys,’ and heeds a jailed prophet.” It’s a well-written, thoughtful piece.

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Local churches join Partners for Sacred Spaces to help Galveston congregations

Filed Under (Reigion Gossip) by Admin on 04-02-2010

Partners for Sacred Spaces, which has a Fort Worth office, sends along this press release about how it partnered with some local churches to get furniture and other equipment to Galveston congregations still trying to make a comeback from Hurricane Ike.

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Self-help guru James Arthur Ray arrested over sweat lodge deaths

Filed Under (Religion In The News) by Admin on 04-02-2010

James Arthur Ray Police arrested self-help guru James Arthur Ray on Wednesday for the manslaughter of three people who fell ill during a ceremony in a “sweat dome” at a retreat in northern Arizona last year.

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