(RNS) — In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since. “We need chaplains,” he reportedly remarked, prompting action by the Continental Congress near the ...
This summer I enjoyed a staycation, taking the opportunity, as I walked my dog Truffles, to enjoy greeting my neighbors and investigating my neighborhood. I discovered a tulip tree growing just a quarter block from my back door. I had heard of tulip trees, so when I saw the yellow flowers ...
Proof means “evident.” We hear so many stories that we need proof for the things that are not important. If you have to cash a check, get a loan, or buy insurance, you need proof. Getting help for small churches, you have to have proof that you can pay back a loan. Do you have proof ...
He was a young man who was very wealthy. He enjoyed all of his possessions. Oh, he had studied the Torah and tried to maintain and live by the Law of God, but all the while he knew his life was missing something very important. He had heard about a rabbi whose name was Jesus and whose ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded 10, including a priest who had developed a close friendship with the late Pope ...
As we look around these days, we see everything growing and green. The abundance of rain has provided incredible nourishment for the trees and the grass. And now, with the heat of this past week, we see the plants in our gardens and fields growing before our very eyes. I wonder if this ...
