It is difficult to go anywhere — shopping, the post office, church — that you do not hear people making comments on what is going on in the nation, or the price of food or the cost of gasoline; everything seems to be in flux, and there is a serious feeling of helplessness among many. I am ...
KIRTLAND, Ohio — Elder Brian Garner led a small group of visitors through the sturdy wooden door of what looked like an ordinary colonial church. But nearly two centuries ago, it was where a radical departure in American religious history took hold. “Welcome to the house of the Lord Jesus ...
I want to comment on last Sunday's readings, Matthew chapter 13. I was struck by the parables in this single chapter. It is almost like Jesus is giving us a lecture or a teaching manual on how to live as a Christian in our current world. The parables he teaches are used by him to tell us what ...
HANCOCK — Come explore the historic 1889 Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church and learn about the effort to restore this community landmark for generations to come. The public is invited to an open house at the church, from 2 to 8 p.m. July 24 and 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. July 25. The open house ...
I was with my husband at the Veterans Hospital; he was there for a checkup. I went with him. We entered the facility, and he and I took a seat waiting for the electronic board to call his number for the labs that were ordered by the doctor. It was in the waiting room that I observed others for ...
(THE CONVERSATION) It begins with the music: a late 1990s rap song. Then someone appears on screen, moving slowly into a pose that can only be called deeply, theatrically serious. Then comes the reveal: The video fades from the person into a medieval painting of a haloed man doing almost the exact same pose. Videos imitating "church fathers," bishops and theologians who helped shape early Christianity have been popping up across social media since late 2025. Several versions have drawn hundreds of thousands of views. In part, they're funny because of the incongruity: hoodies, bedrooms ...
