Show 'C2 I REIIGION I I William Bole By I -- a " Ilk ROBERT KIRBY Of the Lord Hedonistic Even with God on your side 's apparently tough to find Someone to love these days I guess that's why some Chris-flan- s are resorting to want ads Iti an effort to find love You've probably seen the inore vulgar want ads"BDEL seeks GWMM for an evening of romantic depravity that may or 'May not result in loss of life Fnjoys piercing purging and pummeling No smokers" Christian singles are after meaningful relationships too Their magazine Christian gingles Love Connection is a carbon-copof the ones in which sinners advertise st y themselves for one-nig- ht stands doing things that would gag a jackal What Christians want however is to meet a love connection That includes going to church together the morning ever after instead of jail There's none of the desperate hard-bodlooking for Mr Goodbar stuff in the Christian Love Connection Nobody has a black strip over their eyes or their face cropped out of the photo Most of the mug shots :here show your average religious types: timorous pudgy and harmless — like God was plaiting a batch of hamsters one day and changed his mind 'he rest are a little more stern They look like they worship tOod mainly at rifle ranges I Most of the want ads specify the type of love Christian singles are looking for They describe themselves as "family God-approv- blue-law- 4 :oriented" "nonjudgmental" and "obedient to the Lord" They want someone to love o"His way" It's all cookies-andmil- k nice with one teeny prob- lem Christians evidently want the same things nasty hedofists do: money and looks I Christian men are big on rou guessed it looks One ad reads: "She must be a skinny lady not overweight She must lie pretty" Another seeks a 4'devout woman with a great Hang on If God is love and Jove is blind how come all of a 'iidden Christian devotion isn't s important as face and hips? Christian women are nearly s bad Many of their want ads reInclude quests for men who are profes!ional college educated "fi! money-grubbin- g anci ally secure" "very ll inancially secure" and in one of l'hristian honesty just plain opld "rich" Criminy whatever riappened to the Biblical devo(ion of Ruth? t Christian women get around he initial "weight proportionste to height" requirements by describing themselves as "Ru)enesque" which judging from a few of the pictures is hally only a polite way of saying "zeppelinesque" They betier be nine feet tall if they want to meet a man in this magazine them! The men describe and selves as meaning they've teeth in past lutdoorsy opinion and centers of great ulture Financially secure to them means no one has shot at them over an uncollected debt or at least oh two days Sadly most of these good olks are bound to be disapointed Few of them seem to neasure up to the rest of them aybe it's good that Christians Ire trying to find each other in ' e Lord's want ads I just can't money and lure out towhat do with Jesus oks have rather refreshing burst down-to-eart- h Robert Kirby is a feature writer at the "Utah County Journal" He lives in Spring-Ilwith three children and as wife The 'New Age Mormon" welcomes mail at Compuserve (72733 260) 7 e self-describ- - Baptists Sing Praises Billy Graham School rf THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOUISVILLE Ky — The reGraent dedication of the Billy Missions Evange- - ' m School of Growth was a ism and Church rant for Southern istoric school is e 9dicated 3aptists The missions evange- o the study of ism and church growth ite : By ' (NM)" The stations each a little more than a foot square are carved from solid pieces of basswood a dense but soft wood that is similar to hardwoods like oak but easier to work Most of the difficult scenes — those with multiple characters or complex perspectives — already are finished Chavez plans to complete all the Stations in time for the Lenten and Easter seasons next spring A popular religious devotion in the Roman Catholic tradition the Stations of the Cross consist of 14 scenes beginning with Jesus' trial and condemnation and ending with his entombment Nine are taken from gospel narratives and the other five are based on early church tradition ' g John Dart NEWS SERVICE LOS ANGELES — Can unmar- ried men and women have sexual relations and still "embody a measure of morality?" It's an issue that has confounded a number of religious denominations in recent years often leading to angry ideological divisions Now in an unprecedented move for a major religious group rabbis in the Conservative branch of Judaism have produced a proposed statement affirming the morality of cohabitation if the couples follow the same ethical norms expected of married couples The "Pastoral Letter on Intimate Relations" is expected to be approved in some form Monday by the executive council of the Rabbinical Assembly It marks the first time a major religious body — Jewish or Christian — will have produced ethical guidelines that address in terms other than condemnation the widespread practice of unmarried heterosexual couples living together The statement says that unmarried Jewish men and women with loving committed relationships "can embody a measure of morality" in their sexual lives if they follow ethical behavior expected of married couples It also affirms repeatedly that Judaism understands heterosexual marriage as the only proper setting for sexual relations In addition the pastoral letter addresses issues surrounding AIDS Jew- ish intermarriage and other aspects of sexuality and Jewish life While it skirts the issue of same-seintimacy it urges re x i HI ' VI ': rr 1 )q ' - e v 1 1 1 AMAMI t r e ' 4 :: ' k :4 - 1 S 4 A i I i ' t ' ""r ::1 -- ' 1 : 1 -: N 4 ii ' -- ' ''' - ' ' '''''''''''' ' - -1 ±1 e ' ' ) City NitiZZI "Father Elling- :1 t long-ter- m - - ' le 42 1 41dt - thiiiiimallimENIENEEMEMIMEMIIMPIE Tim KellyThe Salt Lake Tribune Paul Chavez displays his version of the Tenth Station of the Cross at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Magna He has finished four of the 14 Stations On one complex scene alone he spent 80 hours One of Chavez's most complex pieces Christ being carried into the tomb took about 80 hours of work that Chavez squeezed in on weekends and evenings after his job with the federal General Services Administration in Salt Lake City And in the parish there's no lack of appreciation for his art "They are probably some of the most beautiful Stations of the Cross in the diocese" says Mary Lou Colosimo a lifelong member of the Magna parish "There is such a deep personal feeling in them something from the heart of the person making them to the hearts of the parishioners They exemplify a work of love and in turn are received with love" Built by its parishioners in 400-fami- ly the Magna parish church means much to Chavez It was the site of his marriage 28 years ago "I was in a hugh parish Sacred Heart in Tucson but it lacked the intimacy of this church" he says "My wife's family came to Magna in the early 1950s and it Our Lady of Lourdes Church has been a part of me since I met and married my wife" says Chavez Carving new Stations to replace the tiny plaque-lik- e Stations in the church was something Chavez thought about since he and his family returned to the parish in 4' AO 60 rneetin For Info brand window le dr 4 call In Solt Lake C Outside SIC Area 486-01- THE RESCUE MISSION IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON BOTH FINANCIALLY AND MATERIALLY WE DESPERATELY NEED phyretif 7 "A -- - Blankets (newused) Coffee Razors Turkey (Thanksgiving) N is LIGHT in HIM there is no 50 RESCUE darkness at alI" I John 1:5b One month only I I MISSION OF SALT LAKE 463 South 400 West PO Box 1431 Salt Like City UT 84110-143- 1 I (Telephone: - I - Ct 0 - i4i ot I ' 9 I : J 7 - 411 A '' 14 t1 -- - Vi ol 1 '' 1 'all r ‘ ::' 1 er am! 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A He had also served as an associate priest at St Mark's Cathedral in Salt Lake ev ' 4" ' i Monday ' - :' ' in West Valley City from 1989 until his death r " 4 : 1!:l —K t '" Stephen's Church V A r--- ' 4 r41 or":71 )k tt:' A -0-"'" ' ' ' "a orj)- l': Ellingson 63 was vicar of St 7 fil I - sit oz - 17--yr or-- ' 4: 1 1 if 1 -: 'ittlalmakt - 0 ! 1 The Rev Walter C Ellingson a devoted pastor to Episcopalians in Utah and the upper Midwest during the past 30 years has died in Salt Lake City I - '' ' :: 0 44t4rX - t - ''' ' ' trry — :ri:::rif104 r'' - 4 - 1! 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' ' THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE : y rs rt 1 other direction This past summer the British parliament soul-searchi- Parishioner Carves Out His Homage To Christ Wal-Ma- gave a green light to Sunday store openings abolishing a law first enacted by King Athelstan in the year 924 America is not far behind Only a handful of statewide blue laws have survived in Most restrictive is the the age of malls and mega-store- s "Common Day of Rest Law" in Massachusetts Actually it of rest Supermarkets and retail is more like a half-da- y stores can open Sundays but not until noon In Nebraska too malls and other retail outlets must wait until noon on Sundays but supermarkets can open any time Often the point of blue laws has been lost in a sea of "item law" allowed Sunexceptions In Texas a day shoppers to buy bread and milk but not pots and pans to mention a few items Widely seen as pointless and confusing the law was repealed by the legislature in 1985 Election day will determine whether voters in Massachusetts feel the same way If they do it will mark the symbolic end of an era in the United States "The blue laws began in Massachusetts and they're dying here" said Jon Hurst who is shedding no tears as president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts "We need to move into the 20th century before the 21st y mid-da- y century arrives" and other big retailers are waging a $15 million fight on behalf of "Question No 5" a ballot initiative blue law Liquor stores that would retire the Colonial-er- a however would have to remain closed on Sundays On the other side outspent by a margin of nearly 100-is the "Common Day of Rest Campaign" The cause has rallied among others the Congregationalist Churches formed by Puritans three centuries ago and now part of the United Church of Christ a liberal Protestant denomination loyalists of today Spiritual ancestry aside the blue-laPuritans For one thing even the are not simply latter-dachurches do not just preach "Thou shall keep the Sabbath day holy" In pushing for Sunday laws they talk less about personal piety than communal values Religious groups want to call attention to the steady erosion of family time in America and the need for "a common time when we as a society can take a breath" said the Rev Diane C Kessler a Congregationalist minister and director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches More worldly concerns are propelling others into the struggle to preserve the last of the Sunday laws From the labor movement's point of view no blue laws means more workers have to take Sunday shifts whether owners fought they like it or not In Maine small-storhard three years ago to save a Sunday closing law They lost — not only the fight they maintain but the one day of the week they could take off without fear of deadly competition from retail giants Blue-lasupporters admit the tide is running against them counties have decided to keep their Sunday closing laws or pass new ones merely for the sake of peace and quiet Still the stream of history is flowing dramatically in the NEWS SERVICE Some 350 years ago the Puritans who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony declared Sunday a day of rest and contemplation for all The settlers etched their decrees on blue paper and the statutes became known as blue laws Today blue laws — which brought silence to the marketplace every Sunday for generations in America — are goPuritans Even in Massaing the way of the chusetts a tradition that began with the Pilgrims could end at the ballot box November 8th as voters decide whether to unlock the shopping malls Sunday mornings Many are bidding a jubilant farewell to these late vestiges of Puritanical restraint Others however feel a loss of things symbolized by Sunday laws — the communal rhythms that called for a change a pace one day a week a respite from buying and selling "It's a profound loss" said Harvard University economist Juliet Schor author of The Overworked American "America is a more frenzied and harried society than it was 20 or 25 years ago" The fading blue laws have prompted about a society where suppers and family often seem crowded out by shopping chores and weekend shifts at werk s There are even faint signs of a new movement here and in her parts of the country Some cities and 17th-centur- Want Ads 1994 Blue Laws: End of Simpler Times RELIGIOUS t RELIGION Saturday October 22 The Salt Lake Tribune 8-- 4 1 1 10140001ottbOONEatie k - 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