When Amish gather for worship each week, they regularly sing the solemn, German-dialect hymns that their spiritual forebears composed nearly five centuries ago in a condition akin to that of 17 missionaries recently kidnapped in Haiti — captivity. Those hymns emerged from miserable prison ...
God has blessed us with our senses, and in science class, we were taught about our five main senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. According to R. S. Feldman’s book called Understanding Psychology, there are parameters or absolute thresholds listed for these senses: Vision — ...
Our church started as a burden for Watsontown in the heart of John Phillips of Williamsport. We met in the home of Rev. Alfred Young, where prayer meetings were held asking God’s direction concerning starting a church. A small church was built in Goosetown in 1944-45 by Mr. George ...
sojourner is defined as “a person or group residing, either temporarily or permanently, in a community and place that is not primarily their own and is dependent on the ‘good-will’ of that community for their continued existence.” Since it began, Sojourner Truth Ministry has seen many ...
LOS ANGELES — On a recent Sunday, about 10 people sat outside the steps of the boarded-up First Baptist Church of Venice, a century-old congregation that, to many, remains a symbol of the thriving Black population that once existed in the seaside town of Los Angeles. They discussed ...
For over a year, COVID-19 has held us hostage and threatened our existence. We have all experienced the horror of this virus. All our lives have been forever changed. With the pandemic continuing and large numbers suffering from it, I am reminded of three essential truths about life in the ...
