Paul writes, “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also” (2 Timothy 1:5 NIV). I have five living first cousins. They reside in five different states. In the past twelve months, I ...
As I contemplated on what I wanted to share for this writing, I looked at Psalm 79, the lectionary reading for this weekend. Then my mind traveled back twenty years. I had joined some 50,000 Guard members deploying in the response to Hurricane Katrina. The catastrophic storm had winds topping ...
The Pine Street United Methodist Church has made a $3,000 donation to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The church chose to designate its Lenten offering this year to the food bank. A group of church members and friends help pack boxes there the second Monday of each month. “At Pine ...
Church of the Resurrection, 75 Musser Lane, Muncy, will hold its annual Parish Festival on Friday, Sept. 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 20, from 1 to 7 p.m., rain or shine. This is the 51st year for the event, which helps to raise money for the needs of the church. The two-day ...
Whenever I write an article for Footsteps to Follow, I try to write about something that we normally don’t examine. This time I am writing about a book that most people are probably not very familiar with. At the same time, it is one of the shorter books in the Bible. One of the scriptures ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Moments after rifle blasts reverberated inside a Minneapolis church, Catholic school children wearing plaid jumpers and green polo shirts ducked into pews, some jumping atop friends to protect them from the carnage. One girl, Lydia Kaiser, was struck shielding her “little ...
