To the Church at Philippi Paul wrote, “Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead."
But this boat at rest on the floor of this gigantic cathedral was a stark reminder of the desire masses of people have for freedom and the intensity of their search for that liberty.
The church plans to renovate the 87,000-square foot building to include classrooms, a two-story children's area, classrooms and a coffee bar. The church also plans to add an auditorium that will serve as a sanctuary.Â
In 2023, the Grace Episcopal Church Foundation granted a total of $71,158 to 17 organizations.
Sometimes the best theology happens on your way to school. If you’ve ever tried to get a student dressed, navigated traffic and delivered to the school door before 8 a.m., perhaps you’ve uttered a few “prayers†of your own.
During my health hiatus, I did things I never had time to do before. One was to check out some reality TV Shows.
Virtually everyone has seen the 1967 movie “Bonnie and Clyde,†the flamboyant story of the infamous criminal couple who marauded during the early ‘30s on a 21-month criminal spree through Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma, finally meeting their deaths in a hail of bullets in Bienville Parish, La.
There are a number of issues with respect to the present day understanding of what constitutes worship and church programming which regular readers of the “This Is the Day†column would recognize as my personal irritations. Among them are the trend toward impersonalization of the Gospel, the…
Finally, those five weeks of being sick are over, and my life is getting back to normal. Whatever normal is.
After 2½ weeks of being sick with many days in bed, I have come to appreciate what some people go through when they have a severe sickness. My sickness wasn’t that devastating. It just sucked the energy out of me and caused me a lot of coughing and sneezing.
Even in reruns, one of my favorite TV sitcoms is Everybody Loves Raymond. Raymond’s parents, Frank and Marie, are constantly nitpicking one another on any subject they can exploit for the sake of arguing. On one episode they actually debated who invented the lawn? The absurdity of the infant…
Forgive me for beginning this column with a bunch of statistics today, but ever since I was reminded of an unusual historical set of circumstances, my mind has been preoccupied with such numbers.
I do not have a history of being sick. I rarely even have a headache, but I must confess, I give headaches.
Some weeks can be tough. I’ve had a few in my life that came unexpectedly and challenged my determination.
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