Christian Passion: Unforced message
Band avoids 'religious cheerleader' image
When popular Houston-based band Caedmons Call performs in Fort Worth next week, its members wont only be ringing in the new year but also returning to their point of origin. Singer-guitarist Cliff Young met lyricist Aaron Tate when both were attending Texas Christian University. The rest of the band formed around Mr. Young after he moved to Houston, where the group began generating an unusual amount of attention with two independent releases that showcased their unique aural signature: acoustic...
Christian Passion: Plains pilgrimage offers renewal
Someday I may make it all the way to Oberammergau, the Tyrolean town famed for its Christian passion plays. But with only a weekend to spare this year, I traveled instead to Lindsborg, Kan., where Swedish settlers have shaped their own tradition as "the Oberammergau of the Plains." For someone needing renewal after a bleak, big-city winter, I found Lindsborg (pop. 3,000) the perfect choice for a Holy Week pilgrimage.I was seeking spring, and Lindsborg's...
Christian Passion: OREGON CHURCH STAGES DRIVE-THROUGH PASSION PLAY
A church is dramatizing the Passion of Christ in five scenes this Easter weekend -- and the program takes only 12 minutes and you don't even have to get out of your car.The New Life Center church is offering a drive-through Passion play for those who need religion in a hurry. "The early church used drama," pastor Todd Wagoner said. "We've just taken it one step further."The opening scene takes place in front of...
Christian Passion: WORLD AWAITS WORD
MILLIONS GATHER TO PRAY AS POPE'S HEALTH FALTERS
'He brought so much unity to all nations'
As children practiced for a presentation to follow Sunday Mass at St. John the Evangelist in St. John, they appeared blissfully unaware of Pope John Paul II's condition.But church employees were hanging on every tidbit they could glean off CNN. "The Vatican has denied that he's passed; his heart's still going," parish liturgist Tina O'Drobinak said.O'Drobinak and others directed the faithful to the...