Since the beginning of time, God has been seeking people for fellowship, relationship, and salvation. Jesus manifested the Father’s mission in His own earthly life. Luke 19:1-10 shows how this works out practically. In this passage, we see the reciprocity of both Jesus and Zacchaeus ...
In 1972, I began my college career at Bucknell University. I had turned 18 that August. This was the year that 18 year-olds got the right to vote and a presidential election was held. I was delighted to cast my vote for my chosen candidate. Yes, I wanted to support his candidacy, but more than ...
Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. and not just because Ohio voters are circumventing their Republican-controlled legislature to decide for themselves if they have constitutional abortion rights. The practice of ...
People are sometimes fascinated by mysteries they don’t understand. Mysteries that recently made it to Congress are unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). Unidentified flying objects are not new, and “unidentified aerial phenomena” is just a new ...
When I was a child, one of my dreams was to have a horse. Because I lived in the city, the closest my friends and I came to that dream was riding our stick horses around the neighborhood and enjoying pony rides at area parks. When we visited relatives in Warrensville, I would be so excited because my cousin Dorothy had a horse! I remember Aunt Catherine opening the box of sugar cubes and giving us some to take to the field. I would clasp those cubes in my fist as we ran out the back door. Soon we were enjoying the feel of her horse’s big brown head as we reached up to say hello. It ...
Kittens as young as 6-weeks-old and a dog as old as 14 were among the animals that were blessed with holy water at the recent Pet Blessing for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi that is held this time each year at St. Ann Catholic Church in Loyalsock Township. Besides dogs and cats, a ...
