I went to church faithfully as a boy — because my mother dragged me there. I didn’t find it particularly appealing, but it was a family thing. There were people I saw only once a week. There were clothes I wore only once a week. We moved several times, and we changed churches several times ...
Churches in California and Minnesota, backed by a conservative legal group, filed lawsuits this week against the governors of their states challenging restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak that they contend are violations of religious liberty. They’re the latest in a long ...
Sunrise of life began on October 13, 1959, for my cousin Michael Thompson, and sunset was on April 17, 2020. He died from COVID-19. Later, I was standing in line at a seafood store, and the attendant finally waited on me. I was upset because she took so long. She said, “May I help you, ...
Daniel’s Closet, a ministry of Redeemer Lutheran Church, which is located at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Sherman Street, will be opening from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 22. The facility has been closed since the shutdown in March. According to Barb Horn, one of the organizers, masks will be required to enter the building. Patrons will enter by the stairs located on the Washington Boulevard side of the church and exit at the door between the parsonage and the church. Only 20 people will be allowed in for ten minutes. The group is asking that there be no socializing and that ...
Andre and Tailynn Davis sat on the edge of their living-room couch, a box of tissues at arms’ reach. Their bodies were weary, their faces drawn with grief as they joined a Facebook Live broadcast of the Sunday service at the Church of Christian Compassion. “You are going to have to learn how to forgive people ... ,” said W. Lonnie Herndon, their charismatic pastor, on that Sunday morning in late July. “Pray for those who hurt you.” Six weeks earlier, on June 7, two men had shot and killed their 21-year-old son, Robert Wood III — police say they wanted his backpack. The ...
Many people are saying that the world is rather frightening. There are too many areas of division in our world. From controversies around masks to the societal issues of discrimination, our divisions have ranged from conversations to riots. The two emotions seem to be fear and anger. ...
