I think it is safe to say, considering the pandemic, that we are craving healing and unity in ways we had not imagined possible a few months ago. Health care providers have been on the front-lines of our physical care. Mental health specialists and social workers are treating emotional and ...
Medical professionals from UPMC in the Susquehanna region have partnered with a team of spiritual leaders from the United Churches of Lycoming County to develop faith-based guidelines to assist spiritual leaders with how best to reopen places of worship while keeping congregations safe, according to a recent press release. The Getting Back to Worship Safely Guide contains recommendations for establishing a minimal set of standards in several categories for resuming faith traditions, including social distancing, facility and material sanitation, personal protective equipment, and ...
LOS ANGELES — Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky arrived as strangers, ready to embark on a new interfaith journey. The four roommates moved into a five-bedroom, five-bath house in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood earlier this year. They come from different ...
Even as the pandemic keeps churches and other enclosed places of worship empty, the faithful are finding safe ways to gather and share their religion.
Two neighboring health care facilities recently came together to spread positivity through the creation of a prayer chain. More than 100 signs with prayers and positive messages were made and strung together by residents and staff members of Valley View Rehab & Nursing Center and The Meadows to create a prayer chain connecting the two buildings. Staff members say it took about a week to create and that they’re happy to share the finished project. Signs from the chain were placed inside for residents and staff to enjoy the uplifting messages. Participants pictured include Christine ...
There’s a story that we usually tell during the Easter season about how Jesus appeared to two disciples after his resurrection. You can read it in the Bible yourself (Luke 24:13-35), but here’s a summary. The two disciples in question were traveling to a village called Emmaus, just a few days after his death. Some of their friends had spread the rumor that Jesus was alive, but they didn’t seem to know what to do with that information. While they were talking, Jesus appeared to them, but they didn’t recognize him. When he asked them what they were talking about, they began to ...
