As Christians, we stand during Holy Week, considered by many to be the most sacred week in the Christian calendar. In some ways, one could view it as a week sandwiched between two Sundays of celebration: Palm Sunday and then, of course, Easter Sunday. We remember the triumphal entry of Christ ...
I do not know about you, but I am always anxious to wipe the carbon smear off my forehead after Ash Wednesday. A black smudge on the forehead has yet to make a fashion statement; instead it marks you as a church goer or a religious nut. Although Ash Wednesday is over and its carbon imprint washed away, we still can not get away from it because Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday are uniquely linked together. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent for many Christians. On this day, we hear the words, “From dust you come and to dust you return,” as the pastor dips his or her fingers into ...
Chief Seattle said, “Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons [and daughters] of the earth. This we know: the earth does not belong to humans, humans belong to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Humans did not weave the web of life; they are merely a strand in it. Whatever humans do to the web, they do to themselves. One thing we know: our God is also your God. The earth is precious to God and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its Creator” (qtd. ...
The Bible may state that man cannot live by bread alone, but, potentially, for those leaving incarceration in the prison system, the making of bread may offer the opportunity to learn a trade and start a new life, according to local resident Marty McCormick. McCormick and his wife, Wendy, ...
Islam is a religion of peace and submission to Almighty God. (The translation of God in Arabic is Allah). It is a continuation of monotheistic belief and was preached by Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (PBUH). The revelations from Allah took 23 years to completion and became the Holy ...
Are you a good person? What makes people “good”? Is it the acts they do? Is it the words they speak? What about their thought-life? Can we think evil thoughts but do good acts and still be considered “good”? Jesus was called “good,” but he refuted the description. A man ran up to him one day and addressed him as “Good Teacher.” Jesus’ response was to ask him why he called him “good.” Mark 10:18 says He added, “only God is good” (CEV). If we are honest, we know Jesus was right. In addition to our outward bad behaviors, we each have secret sinful thoughts, ...
