Support for Kishida's government has tumbled in recent media surveys, apparently because of party members' church links and plans for a rare state funeral for Abe. A family funeral for Abe was held in July at a Tokyo temple, but Kishida wants to hold a state funeral on Sept. 27 ...
In beatification a deceased person is declared “Blessed” and worthy of limited public veneration. Responsibility for beatification was assigned to the Roman Curia under Pope Sixtus V in the late 1500s. The legislation of Pope Urban VIII, together with later legislation by Pope Benedict XIV, ...
I pledge to pray for you daily by name as you seek to be faithful in carrying out the work of the Spirit. Yours in Christ through Mary, Meg Hunter-Kilmer Posted on September 6, 2018Categories TruthTags abuse, Church, crisis, fasting, prayer, priesthood, scandals3 Comments on A Letter t...
In a letter from Princess Elizabeth Kalanianaole from Washington received by Mrs. Julia Desha reported that the Rev. Akaiko Akana was requested by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington to give the opening prayer on a morning when the proceedings of the House of Representatives...
It was 17 years ago this week (December 20, 2007), while reading a letter from a disgruntled member during a financial crisis that my brain hemorrhage occurred. I’m convinced (and my neurologists concur) that the reason for the aneurism was (in part) due to the stressful season. ...
“12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 Why this chapter of this letter, you may ask? It’s not lost on me that in the very next ...
The Hip-Hop Gospel isn’t just for young people. It appeals to both young and old (and those of us in-between!) Accessible The Gospels were always written to be read out loud. The Hip-hop Gospel captures the imagination of listeners in a new and exciting way. Contemporary The Hip-Hop...
This year included a number of ways for our church family to share food, fun, and fellowship—from Sunday coffee hours to our Harvest Dinner to a chili cook-off. We also rolled up our sleeves and spent time together working on our June Festival, lobster roll dinner, and Christmas Fair. ...
As the wife of a venturesome entrepreneur and as a mother of her large family, she had to work hard throughout her whole lifetime. Martin Luther was well aware of that fact that, as he put it, the bitter sweat of his parents had made it possible for him to go to the university. ...
For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share, Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; ...