Subject: Religion

• The Black Sheep

  Unitarian minister Joel Miller finds out it's hard to lead the wrong kind of church in southwest Jefferson County

  July 1, 1999

• Parking Exercise

  April 12, 2007

• Wayne Laugesen Vs. Richard Baker: The Debate

  June 17, 2008

• Why No Statement From South Park Creators About Isaac Hayes' Death?

  August 11, 2008

• Complaints about the Obsession DVD inserted into Sunday Denver Post

  September 17, 2008

• Buddha Behind Bars

  For these federal prisoners, their last chants finally gave them inner peace.

  October 8, 1998

• Born to Believe

  Church members had faith that God would heal their children. But often faith wasn't enough.

  October 12, 2000

• The Bob Beauprez robo-calls and the Solidarity Institute

  October 21, 2008

• Letters to the Editor

  November 14, 2002

• Best Religious Experience

  March 27, 2003

• This Buddha's for You

  July 29, 2004

• Best Place to Buy Poperphernalia

  March 24, 2005

• Best Place to Detox

  March 24, 2005

• Parallel Seventeen bids a happy birthday to Buddha

  Zone in on your zen (and blow off tax day) on Wednesday, April 15, when Parallel Seventeen, the modern Vietnamese restaurant at 1600 East 17th Avenue, rolls out a special a la carte menu to celebrate the birthday of Oh, Ye Great Buddhist, Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, who was born on April 8, 1029 BC (by most estimates, anyway) and died eighty years later (reportedly from eating rotten food) on February 15, 949 BC. Buddha's birthday is observed all over the world. In Vietnam, it's

  April 13, 2009

• Inner band tension ends up fueling Solar Bear's creativity

  January 15, 2009

• Preach for the Stars

  Meet Bill McCartney's good buddy, golfing pal and spiritual partner: Pastor James Ryle.

  October 30, 1997

• Mobile Shrine

  Buddhist relics visit the West as part of a rare tour.

  May 16, 2002

• He Got Blame

  Bleeped words and dropped balls mark the media frenzy around the suspension of Dan Issel.

  December 20, 2001

• Across the Buddhaverse

  Thirty years ago, a group of Boulder hippies, drunk monks and Naropa poets carved Shambhala Mountain Center out of the wilderness. Today they're close to realizing their kingdom on Earth.

  July 29, 2004

• Rock Om

  September 6, 2007

• For God's Sake

  The Thermals have fun with fundamentalism.

  October 12, 2006

• Passionless Christianity

  The Chancellor's Tale pays lip service to the Church.

  September 30, 2004

• The Message

  The Pope's DJ

  July 10, 2003

• Spellbound

  Casting spells in a modern world.

  December 12, 2002

• The Spirit Moves Her

  Jamie Korngold, the Adventure Rabbi, seeks the sacred in God's outdoor gym.

  September 26, 2002

• A Click in Time Saves Minds

  The cyber-brawl over Scientology spreads to search engines.

  October 4, 2001

• The Rite Stuff

  Come dance naked in the woods at Pagan Pride Day.

  September 21, 2000

• Oh, Jerusalem!

  This study of misogyny in orthodox religion is slow and one-sided.

  April 6, 2000

• Soup With a Smile

  Their mission is to help the homeless, but now the Catholic Workers are trying to keep a roof over their own heads.

  December 23, 1999

• Back in Black

  The goth culture is in for a dark time at Arvada West High School.

  September 9, 1999

• The Blessing

  April 1, 1999

• Red Hot Lamas

  September 3, 1998

• All Pagan, All the Time

  Praise Goddess! The Wicca Pagan Broadcast Network is ready for another Netcasting day.

  March 5, 1998

• Hush-Hush Money

  An anti-Scientology activist claims that the church made him an offer he had to refuse: $12 million.

  August 14, 1997

• God's Own Party

  Everything's divine in Arvada, where the GOP has veered sharply to the religious right.

  May 1, 1997

• Letters

  March 20, 1997

• Nightmare on the Net

  A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology.

  March 6, 1997

• Ire of Newt

  One of Denver's most promising young Republicans defects to the pagans.

  December 19, 1996

• The Vision Thing

  A local conference on apparitions of the Virgin Mary features a Medjugorje speaker. The critics hoot.

  October 31, 1996

• Sanctuary

  For a century this inner-city church has served as a refuge. But its most important mission has always been outside the walls.

  August 15, 1996

• Dead, Schmed

  So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

  August 8, 1996

• Still Crazy After All These Years

  The names of the patriots have changed, but not their tune.

  July 4, 1996

• Strom Warning

  June 13, 1996

• Bloodletting

  Performance artist Cristofer Lix talks and sings about living with AIDS.

  May 23, 1996

• Angels & Demons

  May 14, 2009

• Get your Jew 'fro onto the label of He'Brew

  A Flickr Photo This is a message to all the Chosen: Remember when you were thirteen and you wore your hand-me-down,powder-blue, three-piece suit to celebrate becoming a man? When Aunt Esther pinched your cheek so hard it made your soul hurt? Obviously, your mother was taking pictures of all of this -- and now those pictures could be on a beer can! Shmaltz Brewing Company, the New York-based brewer of He'Brew, is holding a photo contest to celebrate its thirteenth 13th year. "This year HE'BREW B

  May 27, 2009

• Q&A with Unmistaken Child director Nati Baratz

  Tenzin Zopa in an image from director Nati Barartz's "Unmistaken Child." Unmistaken Child, which opens tomorrow, June 26, at the Mayan Theatre, is a remarkable documentary about a fascinating ritual of Tibetan Buddhism: the search for a reincarnated master in the body of a child. Tenzin Zopa is chosen for this task after the 2001 death of 84-year-old Geshe Lama Konchog, for whom he served as an attendant for over two decades. Director Nati Baratz's camera follows Zopa over the course of several

  June 25, 2009

• Mile L'Chaim: How Denver's small Orthodox community plans to get a lot bigger

  August 13, 2009

• Focus on the Family wants your latte money

  Focus on the Family president and CEO Jim Daly.​The Colorado Springs Gazette's parent company may have declared bankruptcy this week, but the paper's still reporting the big news in its community, including details about layoffs at Springs-based Focus on the Family; 75 jobs, or about 8 percent of the total workforce, are being slashed. Although this development isn't exactly front and center on Focus' most prominent sites, two of them offer indications that times are getting tighter. The

  September 3, 2009

• Denver archbishop to investigate controversial Legion of Christ

  Sixty Legionnaires of Christ receive their ordination from Pope John Paul II in 1991.​The Legion of Christ made the wrong kind of headlines when it was revealed that the Catholic organization's founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, who died in 2008, had fathered children -- which means he broke his vow of celibacy unless immaculate conception was involved. This, combined with accusations that Degollado had sexually abused seminarians, led the Vatican to order the Legion to undergo what

  September 3, 2009