tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34724087096388088792009-07-11T03:48:36.088-05:00Award-winning religion writer Peter Smith of the Louisville Courier-Journal looks at religious news and trends from around the globe.Blog Adminnoreply@blogger.comBlogger587125courier-journal/DqbIhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472408709638808879.post-55945164647995227112009-07-10T14:23:00.004-05:002009-07-10T17:17:49.142-05:00John Calvin was born 500 years ago this week in a small French town, and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?a=cRg1ZC0nZWI:w5L-QDOCkBg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?a=cRg1ZC0nZWI:w5L-QDOCkBg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/courier-journal/DqbI/~4/dkyUYM3D27w" height="1" width="1"/>Peter Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17732502650683751332psmith@courier-journal.com0http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/faith/2009/06/ezell-to-head-pastors-conference.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472408709638808879.post-11086388504980658182009-06-22T15:32:00.003-05:002009-06-22T16:37:18.629-05:00Former -- and future? -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?a=K8mQCW7dkfU:ymQ2m5q1J3g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?a=K8mQCW7dkfU:ymQ2m5q1J3g:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/courier-journal/DqbI?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a 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