On the March day that Italy recorded its single biggest jump in coronavirus fatalities, Pope Francis emerged from lockdown to offer an extraordinary prayer and plea to his flock to reassess their priorities, arguing the virus had proved they needed one another. Francis’ words from the ...
My heart sank as we were told that the church must be locked up and closed to the world in the beginning of the pandemic. I won’t lie; I instantly thought the Devil had won, and we had snuffed out the Light of the World to all who need Him. Our churches had become silent memorials to what ...
Since I was a child going off to school, my parents sent me on my way with the instruction, “Do your best!” You probably heard something similar. It was good advice. They probably had school work most in mind, wanting me to focus my attention on what was being taught. They also ...
It was on Paul’s second missionary journey that he visited the city of Philippi, a city about ten miles inland from the shores of the Aegean Sea. Paul had to travel nine hundred miles in order to get to Philippi. What a commitment he made so that he could share the Good News to people who ...
“The Board of Directors of the United Churches of Lycoming County has selected the Rev. Mark Donald Brumbach to replace the retiring J. Morris Smith, Th. D., as Shepherd of the Streets. His ministry as the Shepherd will begin Tuesday,” the Rev. Gwen N. Bernstine, executive director of ...
