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Life Matters: When travelers find each other

My wife and I were the only customers in the souvenir and gift shop, lone shoppers during an off-season in Daytona Beach, Fla. The lady at...

A RARE PRIZE: Church to dedicate pipe organ that holds special significance

An installation of a Kilgen is always a pretty big deal, but Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Danville now, in a way, has two...

Why must it be God's will?

For many people, in a world of dizzy events that often give birth to damage, physical pain, loss of life, property, affluence, etc., God...

AN ENCOURAGING WORD: A guiding principle

The day, a beautiful one, began as most days usually do. A rather long to-do list had been prepared, and plans, in some detail, had been...

Emotional enthusiasm won't last

It was an extremely emotional experience, and one that I will remember for a long time.

Eight Letters: the space between their world and mine

Recognizing that the space between her world and the one she is slowly but surely entering is drawing closer, Pat Summitt, who has won...

The oddity of Jesus' first miracle

The New Testament Scripture and tradition identify a wedding in the town of Cana as the place where Jesus performed His first miracle. It...

The joy of Passover

The celebration of Easter, the forerunner of that great gittin’ up mornin’ that lies ahead, always includes the facet of Israel&...

Church briefs for March 23

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Edward Clark: The danger of a 'God's will' crutch

The very narrowly defined Christian fundamentalist sees life as an unending venture that God controls and nothing happens by accident....

Encouraging Word: Practical formula for living

Conversations are a normal part of everyday life; they are the basic means of communication between individuals. Constantly, everyone...

Encouraging Word: A significant discovery

While casually reading, the words I saw on the page in front of me were startling, and they caught my attention: “You welcomed me as...

Life Matters: Are you all there when you are there?

“One thing about him, when he was there, he was all there.”  

Life Matters: Why bad boys are bad

Last week was a bad week for bad boys.

Lame Logic: It's so because the church says so

The historic teaching of the church is valuable. Without it, left to our own selective and mostly biased interpretations of religious...

Edward Clark: How often do you go to the library?

Today, Americans and those of other nationalities are challenging more than at any other time in the history of America, the Bible,...

Encouraging Word: Lent is a time to look inward

A glance at the calendar reveals that last Wednesday, a day that has come to be known as Ash Wednesday, was the first day of Lent. Lent is a...

Life Matters: No one should learn to live with domestic violence

“Victims of abuse deserve true love”