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Posts tagged as “Faith & Religion”

The Pacific Garden Mission: A Place of Refuge

Image by Louis Kreusel via Flickr In years past, Gerald Casey was a “shepherd of the devil,” he said, moving 15 kilos of cocaine a…

Black Leaders Push Obama for Action at Forum

On the eve of the U.S. House of Representatives’ historic vote on health care reform, thousands of black Chicagoans attended a symposium to urge President…

School Prayer Battle Marches On

Public schools across the state await an appellate decision on whether they must reinstate the controversial moment of silence at the beginning of each school…

Food Pantries Meet Demand in Englewood

By Deborah Alexander, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Joyce Brown is no stranger to people in need. As the project coordinator for the Englewood Food…

Churches Take on Recession

By Sarah Riordan June 5, 2009 – On one side of the long fold-out table stands a group of volunteers.  On the other side stands…