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Faith Matters: It is your choice

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. ...

Rise Up: Incoming bakery aims to help ‘returning citizens’

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, ...

Footsteps to Follow: The teaching of Islam in times of crisis

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 ...

Footsteps to Follow: Who is a ‘good’ person?

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, ...

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has put her religious faith front, center — and vague. She’s spoken strongly of the role of her faith in her life and career but hasn’t gotten into the specifics of that commitment. Her beliefs have drawn some attention as she undergoes Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week for her nomination to the Supreme Court. “I must also pause to reaffirm my thanks to God, for it is faith that sustains me at this moment,” Jackson told the committee on Monday, in words similar to her opening remarks after President Joe Biden introduced her last month ...

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has put her religious faith front, center — and vague. She’s spoken strongly of the role of her faith in her life and career but hasn’t gotten into the specifics of that commitment. Her beliefs have drawn some attention as she undergoes Senate Judiciary ...