European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes religion saturday july 9, 1994 soar in As source by Judy Tarjanyi Toledo Ohio Blade. For heavenly beings who supposedly can to be seen Angels Are enjoying High visibility these Days. They re the subject of enough books to warrant their own Section at your neighbourhood Bookstore and the theme for songs by musicians As diverse As Enya. And Rickie Lee Jones. And they re resplendent in a Host of products ranging from guardian Angel pins with or without ones birthstone to automobile visor clips. Lee Post a bookseller in Toledo Ohio said she created an Angels subsection of the religion and metaphysics sections at her store three or four months ago because she had so Many titles that specifically dealt with Angels. A recent Check of her shelves revealed nearly 30 separate titles. Post thinks Angels Are flying High in popularity these Days because of the Comfort derived from believing in them. A it gives people Hope that there is a higher plan and a source that there a help and guidance for them a she said. The Rev. Robert Haas pastor of Toledo a Good Shepherd Parish and a lifelong Angel believer agreed. A people want something beyond to give meaning to life to reach god a he said. A but god is so vastly Superior to us. Angels Are above us but they re kind of More on ouf  the Rev. Edward of Connor who taught theology for 41 years at the University of notre Dame in Indiana said he thinks the revival of interest in Angels follows a period in which they were neglected. A intellectuals in the Church by and Large done to believe in them and Brush them off so they disappeared from currency and people realized they lost something important a of Connor said. Angels appear in Judaism christianity and islam but they also pop up among new agers who View them As resources that can be contacted for personal empowerment and enrichment. The More orthodox View of Angels drawn fro i the Judco Christian tradition is that they Are spiritual beings Ere ated by god to serve god and to Aid humanity. Although they possess understanding and free will they Are considered Superior to humans. They also have the ability to take on human form to deliver messages but contrary to some popular film portrayals Angels Are not humans who have died and gone to heaven. The Rev. Billy Graham who May Well have planted the seeds of the current angelic revival with his 1975 Book Angels gods secret agents recently reissued by word publishing As Angel says Angels can speak change appearance and shuttle quickly Between heaven and Earth. Much of the current interest in Angels centers around the Angel encounter an eyewitness account of an Arige lighting by an earthling. A people love such stories said Rick Hamlin a senior editor of guideposts Magazine because in them a god does All the work. A we All love mystery and we re fascinated with sort of a glimpse of the  since Long before the Onset of the current Angel rage guideposts the inspirational periodical founded by the late Rev. Norman Vincent Peale has provided a regular forum for Angel stories. Many of them have been published in a collection to tied Angels among us. Having read countless Angel manuscripts Hamlin said he has concluded that Angels often come to people who have car trouble. A they seem always to be wearing Blue jeans and t Flo Angels have been winging their Way into books songs and other items. Who s who of celestial some famous Angels a Michael often depicted with a sword Michael is the archangel who led the Angels remaining faithful to god during Lucifer a rebellion. A Gabriel according to Christian teaching Gabriel appeared to Zachary to announce the birth of John the Baptist and to Mary to Tell her she had been chosen by god to be the Mother of Christ. Muslims believe Gabriel also appeared to the Prophet Mohammed in the caves of mount Hira near Mecca. A Raphael in Judaism and christianity Raphael is an Angel of. Healing and the guardian of Tobias. Muslims believe Raphael will sound the trumpet on the last Day. A Lucifer originally one of the brightest of the archangels Lucifer or satan is the Angel who led a rebellion against god and was banished from heaven. Muslims refer to him As Shaitan or Iblis. As chief of the fallen Angels it is said satan can disguise himself As an a Angel of light.�?�. A Punkar and Nakin in islam these Angels will interrogate All those who Rise on the last Day except martyrs who go directly to their Reward. By the Toledo Blade shirts. A they fix the car and the person turns around to thank them and the Angel is no longer there. A a. A lot of the stories we get Are Protection stories and one of the Angelus traditional roles in life is that of  his favourites Are what he Calls a Angels unaware stories where for instance a dog suddenly appears to protect someone in a dangerous area. Hamlin said he thinks the proliferation of Angel interest has come about As a popular reaction against a religious de emphasis on the transcendental mystical Side of things. A a it a a reminder a he said a that that is an important part of   by Scripps Howard news service sex mayor of Nashville turns to spreading gospel from the associated press Nashville Tenn. A former Nashville mayor Bill Boner says the Only campaigning he a doing now is for the lord. A there was a period i was so wrapped up in my. Work that it clouded my judgment a the 49-year-old Boner said. A i Wasny to a very Good Christian  now he a Back in Nashville to stay and says he goes to Church three times a week reads a Bible chapter every Day and writes letters to former political enemies asking for their forgiveness. Boner a Democrat served in Congress from 1979 to 1987 and was mayor from 1987 to 1991. He did not seek re election in 1991. In 1990, he announced he was engaged to Girlfriend Traci Peel even though he was still married to his third wife. Peel and Boner filed for div6rce in August 1992. In late 1992, Boner said he received an Awakening at Christ Church on old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville. He said he sobbed one sunday thinking about How far he had strayed from the Faith of his youth. A the hardest thing to do is to admit you be made mistakes a Boner said. A a in be Learned its not so bad for a Man to  Francisco Church shut san Francisco a the final Vigil has been held and the doors locked for Good but hundreds of parishioners from St. Brigid a Church vow to keep pressure on the Vatican to overturn a decision to close their congregation. San Francisco archbishop John Quinn ordered the 94-year-old Parish at Van Ness and Broadway closed along with eight other roman Catholic churches saying attendance had dropped and repairs to bring them up to earthquake standards would be too costly. To Mark the sad occasion members held a Vigil inside until the final moments. They took photos of the Chapel consoled each other and cried. The committee to save St. Brigid a Church has two appeals pending at the Vatican asking that the Church remain open said Robert Bryan a lawyer for the  losing non mormons Provo Utah a the enrolment of no mormon students at Brigham Young University has dropped by half during the past five years. University officials Are mystified and disappointed by the decline. Non mormon students made up 2.1 percent of enrollees in 1989, but Only account for 1.1 percent of the student body this year. With enrolment capped at 27,000 and demand for admission increasing the University is simply getting harder to attend said school spokesman Brent Harker. The University is unable to admit All those who want to attend so leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints have directed the school to place More emphasis on applicants religiosity. A it would be a disadvantage to the University if we did no to have a non lds representation Here a said Erlend Peterson Dean of records and admissions. A a we re certainly not interested in discouraging non lds from coming to  non mormons at the school must adhere to such Church precepts As modest dress and abstinence from premarital sex alcohol and Coffee. Many of the non mormons seeking admission Are from foreign countries or recruited by the athletics  rally against ruling Marietta a. A Church pastors in Cobb county which recently lost a 2vz-year court fight to display a copy of the ten commandments in the courthouse plan mass distribution of the biblical code. The pastor of the county a largest Church said he will give away 50,000 copies of the list. The Rev. Nelson Price pastor of the 9,500-member Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta said he will distribute the Gold embossed copies of the ten commandments As part of a an organized response to the May 31 supreme court ruling. He said local businesses Are paying for printing the posters. Price said 6,000 copies were passed out recently at his Church. Copies will be made available to anyone who wants them he said