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Catholic church finds fresh ways to spread message in New Evangelization

As part of the Year of Faith and the New Evangelization, the Archdiocese of St. Louis recently held a communications conference. Catholic communicators, including both priests and laity, came together to learn new techniques for sharing the message of the church. 
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Conversion story: Porsha Williams faces challenges after becoming Kemetic

| May 11, 2013

Porsha Williams knows a thing or two about walls – metaphorical ones, that is. She’s been up against a lot of them, whether religious, psychological or cultural. 
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LifeBridge Lutheran Church reaches “lost generation”

| May 4, 2013

Finding the right church can be tough – especially if you're a young professional in northeast Columbia. But one new church is trying to reach out to that demographic. 
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Wagner’s ‘Die Meistersinger’ reaches back to Reformation, forward to World War II

| Apr 27, 2013

The best music endures through history and transcends time. But knowing the historical context can add a new layer of meaning – take Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg." Part of it was performed at the MU Choral Union concert Thursday. Written in the 1800s, it's characters reach back to the Protestant Reformation. As a Wagner piece, it as among the works embraced in Germany in World War II. 
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Student and atheist groups call for freedom of expression in Bangladesh

| Apr 26, 2013

A group gathered in MU’s speaker’s circle Thursday to speak out against the Bangladeshi government and advocate for freedom of expression. Nearly 15 atheists participated in the Defend Dissent protest.
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Hans Neumann recalls days in Hitler Youth

| Apr 20, 2013

Hans Neumann was raised in a small, forested village in East Prussia – and he was a member of the Hitler Youth. He recently came to speak at the Missouri Military Academy, and reporter Meredith Turk sat down with him to hear his story, and the memories of the harsh world in which he lived. 
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The power of shared stories: Words from a Holocaust survivor and Gandhi’s grandson

| Apr 13, 2013

Two people with remarkable stories to share came to MU this week, and we hear from both of them in this faith and values update. Romain-Roland Levi shared his experiences in Belgium during World War II, and Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mohatma Gandhi, talked about his grandfather and the ... India-Pakistan conflict. 
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Churches undergo stress before improvement with Healthy Church Initiative

| Apr 6, 2013

For many protestant churches across the country, worship attendance is stagnating or declining. Leaders of the Missouri conference of the United Methodist Church are developing a program to fight this trend – and Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church in Columbia is going through it. 
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Druid community works to form new church

| Mar 30, 2013

Forming a faith community doesn’t require a lot of people – but it does take a lot of work. And right now, a group of druids in mid-Missouri is going through the process of creating their own church, making White Hawthorn Protogrove a fully chartered grove. 
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Spirituality meets travel in William Claassen’s “Journey Man”

| Mar 23, 2013

Columbia author William Claassen joined me in the studio to talk about his new book "Journey Man: A World Calling." The book tells of his travels through nine countries on four continenets over a 30-years span. Underneath all those journeys, there's something spiritual.
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LISTEN: Catholic youth respond to Pope Francis

| Mar 16, 2013

We spent part of Wednesday at Thursday at Fr. Tolton Catholic High School to find out what youth thought of Pope Francis, who was elected on Wednesday afternoon. Listen to our audio story to hear what they had to say. 
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