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Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
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1579 – John of the Cross writes Noche Obscura del Alma (The Dark Night of the Soul). A classic of mystical literature. It describes how the soul comes to transcend sense-bound devotion by a course parallel to Christ's crucifixion and glory.
(Source: Timeline Charts of the Western Church by Susan Lynn Peterson)
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CONCLAVE – Both the locked area of the Vatican Palace in which the cardinals elect a new pope and the actual meeting of those cardinals.
(Source: The Concise Dictionary of the Christian Tradition by J.D. Douglas, Walter A. Elwell, and Peter Toon.)
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"...Our folk evangelicalism too often denigrates the life of the mind and especially critical thinking. Even to raise an honest question about a popularly believed evangelegend (religious urban legend) is enough to provoke prayers on your behalf for your spiritual renewal. We do God no favors by being gullible, credulous, irrational, or uncritical. No special spiritual aura accompanies stupidity or ignorance. All too often, however, contemporary popular Christianity leads people to think that spirituality and hard thinking stand in conflict with each other. God gave us minds and expects us to use them...."
Roger Olson in Questions to All Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith (foreword by Dan Kimball)
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April 2008
Alcohol Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
April Fool's Day - April 1, 2008
National Pastors Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA - April 6-8, 2008
National Library Week - April 13-19, 2008
Federal Income Tax Day - April 15, 2008
Orthodox Palm Sunday - April 20, 2008
Creation Sunday - April 20, 2008
Passover Begins (Jewish) - April 20, 2008
TV Turnoff Week - April 21-27, 2008
Earth Day - April 22, 2008
World Book & Copyright Day - April 23, 2008
Orthodox Good Friday - April 25, 2008
Arbor Day - April 25, 2008
Orthodox Easter (Paskha) - April 27, 2008
Administrative Professionals' Week - April 27-May 3, 2008
Internet Evangelism Day - April 27, 2008
Rural Life Sunday - April 27, 2008
Administrative Professionals' Day - April 30, 2008
(www.creationcare.org/resources/sunday/)
May 2008
Get Caught Reading Month
Mental Health Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Ascension Day - May 1, 2008
National Day of Prayer - May 1, 2008 (www.ndptf.org)
May Day - May 1, 2008
Teacher Appreciation Week - May 4-10, 2008
Cinco de Mayo - May 5, 2008
Ten Commandments Day - May 7, 2008
Mother's Day - May 11, 2008
Global Day of Prayer - May 11, 2008 (www.globaldayofprayer.com)
Pentecost Sunday - May 11, 2008
The Season After Pentecost - May 12-November 29, 2008
Armed Forces Day - May 17, 2008
Trinity Sunday - May 18, 2008
National Bike to Work Day - May 20, 2008
Memorial Day (Observed) - May 26, 2008
Victoria Day (Canada) - May 26, 2008
Memorial Day (Traditional) - May 30, 2008
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