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SIX lily todtJ, i ciuud? Pre byteri n 0 c ped the
200- e majority report that been three ye in the makin and
recommen the bl ing of "re ponsible, joyful, nd rin" inter-
course ou id of marri ge for teenage nd hom exuala" .
Re lion to th report has been controversial, confirming that
xuality i the m t powerful i u too y. Up until now. enure ve
been ble to deal with the i ue of premarital x, abortion, the
ptanee of hom xuality and the ordination of gays, by referring
to riptures. But that is changing.
F t i ,thi reports te thatwho leep withwhomi not important,
or i whether the sex is premarital or homo xual, long it i
re po ible, mutual, nd full of joyful caring. The report also endorse
maturb tion.
For the I t decade or so, the church has come under fire to
re-examine its hard tance on se uality, But uch action, it' feared,
would undermine the very authority of the riptures. Many label the
controversi I new report on sexuality the most di rupnve document
in the hi tory of the denomination, and it appears thi controversy i
only gathering steam. Proof of that is another tudy from a United
Methodist committee recommending that the church drop i condem-
nation of homosexualtiy incompatible with Christian teaching.
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get into the bu ine of music
without compromi ing Christian
val
The main objective ito' pile
young people involved in the , in
way the traditio church doesn't,
and to perfect those talents. We try
to e young people know that you
can your talen , which i very
important
Because when I w coming up
HEALTH
Rev. Frld Price is vowing to USI his political powlr to insure that
Califomi As- embly bill AB101 is defeated. The bill eeks minority
rights protection for homosexual and or bisexual men or women, and
would effectively e tablish practicing homo exuals as minorities in the
state of California, along with ethnic minorities, women and the
handicapped. If passed, Price says it would be a victory for Satanic
forces, as Price' says, "homosexuality is a Satanically-inspired prac­
nee."
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Recent studies suggest that up­
beat people earn more money, do
better in chool, are healthier and
perhaps even live longer thaJl pes­
simists, reports the July 1991
Reader � Digest,
In ' excerpt from his book,
"The Power of Optimism, " marriage
counselor and psychotherapist Alan
approach problems with a can-do
philosophy emerge stronger form.
tragedies. •
McGinnis, who bas analyzed the
lives of several hundred successful
people over ears, offers these
suggestions for getting more out of
life.
"best Thanksgiving" she had in
years.
- Count your bkssillgs. If
l)C(:csIaIV" make a list of the positive
in your life - a loving fami! y,
, exec . ntbcaltb, your ambitions, and
so on - and realize how they can
help you overcome obstacles.
In his book, "Man � Search for
Meoning," Dr. Viktor Frankl wrote
about his three years in Nazi con­
centration camps. He recalled men
how walked through'the huts, com­
fQrtiDg olbe aDd sbariD& their
piece of bread.
"They otrer proof that everything
can be taken from a man but one
thing: the freedom to choose his at­
titude in any set of circumstances,"
Frankl wrote.
Similar choices await You can
opt for the pessimistic view of the,
world, or you can stubbornly believe
the best is yet to come.
For a free rt:prinl of "Geuing the'
Most Out of Life," send a self-ad- ..
dressed, stamped envelope to
ReDder's Digest, Reprint MaMger,
Dept. A 791, Pleasantville, N.Y.'
10570.
- Rlhearse succes • Optimists Author Thomas Carlyle's dukest
always picture themselve ac- days began when a maid mistakenly
complishing their goals. One cor- used the only copy of his manuscript
porate president who tarted his sales to start a fire. Carlyle sank into
career by selling cookware door-to- despair. Then, gradually, word by
door recalls the face of a woman to word, he began' to rewrite "The
whom he made a successful sale. French Revolution," which endures
For years, he would recall how her as a classic.
face changed from suspicion to inter- _ - Take a bred. Perhaps you
est to acceptance. He used that � a can't control your job, like taking a
talisman, class, establishing a special family.
-Find opportunity in failure. night, getting a inted with new
For their book, "Leaders," Warren people or starting exercise pro-
Bennis and Burt Nan interviewed gram. Alter your routine.
people in top leadership po itions. -Help others. One widow, who
They found a striking characteristic felt orry for herself because she
that distinguished them from the would be . alone .at Thanksgiving,
general population. "They don't consulted her minister. He wrote her
think about failure," the authors ob- a "prescription," the address of a
serve. "They don't even use the poor elderly couple, and told her
word, relying instead on such bluntly, "These people are a lot
synonyms as mistake, glitch, false worse off then you. Do something
s tart, mess aild error. But never for them."
failure."
Jw1 Bm/l,: Last weekend in Los Angeles, the gospel community
turned out to honor Cassietta George for 48 years in gospel music.
Amongh tho e on hand were Albertina Walker, Rev. James Ceveland'
Southern California Community Choir, and the Rickey Grundy
porale .. .And rumor has it that the Pilgrim Jubilees have gone their
separate ways.
This w"k scripturl: "Unless the Lord builds the house, .ils
builders labor in vvain. Unkss the Lord watches over the city,' the
watchmen stand guard in vain, -Pmlms 127:1.
THE NEXT DAY she visited the
address and found in the tiny apart­
ment a fragile couple barely able to
'fix meals for each other, She ar-
ranged to cook their holiday �r.
Later she told her minister it was the
. - Focus on th« possibk. Some
people blame everything on cir­
cwnstances. if you believe you are
impotent, you make yourself so. you
need to discover you can make a
difference.
t's NBUF Family Reunion timet'
The 12th Annual
making the recommended monthly
tests of less benefit in detecting the, '
presence of cancer, reports the July .
1991 Rea�r's Digest. A study of ,
more than 600 women in Seattle'
found that women did not follow ..
recommended iechnlques. These in­
clude; performing the exam in both
upright and supine postnon, and
checking tbe entire breast, including
nipple and underarm area.
Small Wonders
Scientists today know more about
infancy than ever before, thanks to
advances in scientific observation.
A two-day old, for instance, knows
his mother by her smell, reports the
July 1991 Reader's Digest. For in­
stance, a breast pad wet from the
nursing mother was put on a pillow
to the right of her infant's head. A
second pad from another mother was
placed on the left side. The infant
turned his head to the right. When
the pads were reversed, he turned
left. He knew his mother's smell and
answered by turning his head.
raft in a dangerous, rocky stretch of
. the Salmon River in Idaho. He near­
ly drowned. Hauled back on board,
Scalia - a staunch conservative­
joked that the liberals in the group
might have been delighted to see him
go down for the third time.
National BI�ck United Front (NBUF)
Convention',
Better Brea t Exam
Many women may be performing
breast set f-exams incorrectly,
Wil Be Held
July 18th -21st
Medical Arts
Pharmacy
And Justice For All
Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia, known as a common man of
uncommon brilliance, may well
emerge as the intellectual architect
of the court's ruling for years to
come, reports the July 1991 Readers
. Digest. He has been outspoken
about the problems of putting too
much power in the hands of the
judiciary,
Scalia (pronounced Scab-LEE­
ah) believes all judges from the
, Supreme Court to the county court­
house should defer. to elected offi­
cials and stop imposing policies to fit
their own POlitical, moral and social
beliefs. Unless judges strictly en­
force the law as written, he warns, '
America will increasingly be
governed by an "imperial judiciary,"
and major decisio on how we live
will be removed from the democratic
proce .
Scalia, who e mother was an
elementary chool teacher and
whose father was a translator and
professor of romance languages at
Brooklyn College, never puts on
judicial airs or walls himself off from
thole who disagree with him. He is
known for his wit. Last year on a
camping trip, he w thrown from a
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