By JENNIFER GARZA, Sacramento Bee
Financial advice from the Bible gains favor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Before David and Maura Reza hand out the $5 weekly allowance to their children, David reads a Scripture from the Bible about money.This is a shift for the family, which has retreated from what Maura Reza calls years of "selfish spending." Now they have turned to a higher power for managing their budget, the world of biblical financial planning.
Some clergy want out of wedding duty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Some clergy think churches should divorce themselves from the wedding business.The controversy over same-sex marriage -- along with a growing sense that many couples who marry in churches never return -- has prompted faith leaders to say it's time to reconsider how couples tie the knot.
Religion in California and elsewhere a "spiritual salad bar"
Nearly half of Californians say religion is an important part of their lives but they are less likely to pray and attend services than Americans in other parts of the country, according to a national survey on religion.
Clergy learning new ways to help the terminally ill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- On a January afternoon, the Rev. Faith Moran lay dying in the Sacramento, Calif., home where her husband, Michael, had prepared the death experience she would have wanted.The couple had rented the hospice home five months before. The smell of burning candles filled the room.
Independent Catholic parish to ordain woman
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Elizabeth English is a mother of two, a partner in a four-year relationship, a social worker. On Saturday, she will add one more title: Catholic priest.English is a member of a small, independent Catholic church that does not recognize papal authority and ordains women to the priesthood.
