When she retired from her teaching position in the Loyalsock School District, Carol Johnson knew that she wanted to devote some of her time to working at her church, perhaps as a lay leader, but never on the scale that she is now, following her ordination as pastor of Redeemer and Saint ...
I Chronicles 27:32 “Also Jonathan, David’s uncle...” I knew of Saul’s son and David’s friend Jonathan, but his uncle? He is described in three ways in the verse: 1. a counselor, 2. a wise man, and 3. a scribe (KJV). This is the “forgotten Jonathan.” How we thank God for the ...
About 70 people, many of them pastors or elders at churches which had chosen to disaffiliate with the United Methodist denomination, gathered recently to learn more about the Global Methodist Church (GMC) as a possible alternative for their congregations. One of two bishops in the GMC, Mark ...
Dads as a member of the male species have one glaring flaw: hygiene deficiency. You see, God made Adam out of dirt, and that is why guys can live in filth and have little sense of cleanliness. When God made Adam, He immediately saw that Adam had a hygiene deficiency. He had no sense about ...
PITTSBURGH — Rabbi Jonathan Perlman took the witness stand wearing the yarmulke he had on the day a gunman burst into his Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath services and began shooting anyone he could find. The skullcap Jews wear as a reminder of God’s presence fell off during the Oct. ...
In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways — some celebrating the state-level bans that have ensued, others angered that a conservative Christian cause has changed ...
