Beacons of Light is a multi-year process of pastoral planning for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati that seeks to help our parishes carry out the mission of evangelization. It will have a major impact on our parishes, which will be grouped together into “Families of Parishes.” This month –…
Is the purpose of getting up and out of bed to go to work? What if you are between jobs? Is purpose defined by finding a job?I was asking myself these questions on my way to the cleaners to drop off a bundle of bedding. Finding my purpose…
God proves faithful in pastorate I love my calling as a pastor, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world! At times being a pastor has its challenges, but God is faithful. Sometimes you wonder and ask God, “Are we making a difference in this community?” I…
NORMAN, Okla. — I forgot the words to “Days of Elijah.” “It’s something like ‘these are the days of the harvest,’ right?” my brain asked itself as we approached the chorus. “No! That’s verse two. This is … trials! And though these are days of great trials, of famine…
April 17, 2935 – August 2, 2021 Sandra Martindale, 86, of Bedford, died Monday, August 2 at 12:10 a.m. at the home of her daughter, Paige. Born Sandra Joy Flinn on April 17, 1935, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of Orin and Hazel (Harp) Flinn. She…
The New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s, in which writers such as Joan Didion and Truman Capote fused subjective perspectives with fictional techniques, “had secularist problems,” said Costica Bradatan. “The Heartbeat of God: What Journalism Talks About Faith and Why It Is Important.” New Journalism “often…
By Pastor Dennis LeeWe live in a world that’s quickly becoming filled with bitterness and hatred. Joy for life and living is fading, and is found mostly today in pills or in a bottle.But God wants us to be joy filled, and He knows that this joy can…
Today, we continue to read from Chapter 6 of John’s gospel. Last Sunday, we have seen how Jesus feeds 6,000 people by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish, which so astonishes the crowd that they want to make him king. Knowing their intent, Jesus flees to…
Just as Mary and Martha made choices, believers in Christ today can do the same thing to deal with the stress in their lives.Stress is a major problem in life, even in church, and prayer can take that stress away, Minister Felton Woods,senior pastor of Gainesville Church of…
The Abrahamic Scriptures, and the Old Testament and the Qur’an in particular are often viewed by some as depicting an angry God, ready to ablaze all sinners. The truth is just the opposite, as we will see in this post. To err is human. Our Creator is fully…
