On this Mother’s Day weekend, my heart and mind are drawn to one of the most amazing and loving women I have ever known: my mother. By her extraordinary expressions of love, she helped open my heart, as well as the hearts of many others, to the love of Jesus Christ. One of her favorite ...
In this life, we have found a person who can be very close, like God. It is mothers, not that fathers are not also close to God. It just seems that mothers treat us the way God treats His creation. In Deuteronomy 30:2, 6, and 10, God wants us to obey Him. Well, mothers also want us to ...
“They were all with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1b NKJV). I attended elementary school in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. This September marks 65 years since I entered kindergarten. Almost everyone in my grade (Class of ’66) is turning 70 this year. My former classmates span the globe; ...
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church by giving rule-making autonomy to each region of the international church. Delegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for ...
The Old Testament Lesson for tomorrow is from Acts 8:26-35. It is about the Apostle Philip and an Ethiopian eunuch. The Apostle Philip was the brother to Bartholomew or Nathanael. Scholars believe that Bartholomew and Nathanael were the same person. Philip was told by an angel to “Rise and ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece — The Stars of David adorning the balconies along the top of the building catch the first glimmers of the dawn light as worshipers pass through the gates of the historic Yeni Cami, or New Mosque, for morning prayers. Wednesday marked the first time since the 1920s ...
