“Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” (John 14:5).
To me, this sounds like a prayer. What about you? And following, in John 14:6, we are shown that when our hearts cry out in prayer, Jesus is actually present and making a way. I feel affection for Thomas because we see him again in John 20:24-29 wrestling with his human tendency to doubt. And we witness the joy that consumes him when he realizes Jesus is God.
“Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord!’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.’ A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger her
‘We need to be the voice;’ S.I. faith leaders join to condemn white supremacist flyers
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Sally Jones, a St. George resident, holds a sign during Sunday s vigil. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. After anti-Semitic flyers were discovered in New Dorp earlier this month and in the wake of violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, a candlelight walk and vigil was held on Staten Island Sunday evening denouncing the presence of the white supremacist propaganda.
“The purpose of this walk and candlelight vigil is for Staten Island clergy and community leaders to stand up to racism and white supremacy,” said Rev. Karen Jackson, an inter-religious leader. “We’re responding specifically to the distribution of anti-Semitic flyers here in the New Dorp neighborhood, but also, of course, to the violence we witnessed at the Capitol.”
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Helen Margaret Brown, 91, of Sebring, Ohio passed away at 3:27 pm on Friday, December 25, 2020 at Crandall Medical Center at Copeland Oaks which had been her home for over 21 years.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date due to health safety concerns. Memorial contributions may be made to Copeland Life Care Fund at THE OAKS FOUNDATION 715 S. Johnson Rd., Sebring, OH 44672 or to Christ United Methodist Church, 470 East Broadway Street, Alliance, OH 44601. Services have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home, Sebring Chapel, 330-938-2526. You may sign the guest register and view the obituary online at www.grfuneralhome.com.
OLEAN â This year marked the 20th anniversary for the Warm Hearts program at Olean Medical Group.
Linda Witte conceived the idea of delivering gift bags to seniors throughout Cattaraugus County and the group has carried out the program ever since. Witte, a Common Council member, remains involved through Meals on Wheels, a Cattaraugus County Department of Aging program delivering meals each day to seniors.
Organizers said the collection of the gift bags was a bit different this year, though, since Olean Medical Group staff were involved with fundraisers for a few of their younger patients who were in need.
Time was not on their side. Typically, they put together at least 100 gift bags containing healthy soups, fruits, puzzle books, teas, cocoa, socks and other items and hand them over to the volunteers who deliver daily meals. With only days before the gifts were to be delivered, medical group staff were able to compile a quarter of the bags needed.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph: Pastors share 2020 Christmas joy
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
The Rev. Tara Bulger, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, preaches about Christmas during the Dec. 20 service.
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Pastors across Alabama preaching this past Sunday shared the joy of Christmas 2020 with their congregations, in socially distanced seating arrangements at churches and by online video sermons.
The Rev. Tara Bulger, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, said that now that her two daughters, Hannon and Ryann, are older, she and her husband, Brian, have a new favorite holiday tradition: watching home movies of Christmas morning when their children were younger.