
Cyprian’s Choice
“In the case of the persecutions in Cyprian’s time, the choice was to remain faithful or swear allegiance to a god or gods and escape potential death.”
“In the case of the persecutions in Cyprian’s time, the choice was to remain faithful or swear allegiance to a god or gods and escape potential death.”
This past week, Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, addressed the 150th Trades Union Conference in Manchester, England. As ACNS reported, Welby used the speech –
“In the three motions we make after touching our forehead, we affirm our belief in the Holy Trinity.”
Next week, Franklin Graham will visit Blackpool, where Billy Graham visited 36 years ago, and just for three nights, not the three months his father spent in England more than six decades ago. And Franklin’s arrival is raising a different sort of response from British Christians than did his father’s did.
As people up and down the East Coast prepare for the impact of Hurricane Florence, dioceses, parishes, conference centers, and other church-based organizations are working to assist those affected by the storm.
Thank God It’s Friday (Night Lights)
John 1:17-29 Today’s segment of the story of the raising of Lazarus is an exchange between Jesus and Martha. “If you had been here
“Healing on a soul level has to supersede healing on a physical level.”
An African proverb says, “When you pray, move your feet.”
At about 1:45 a firefighter came up to me and asked what I thought to be an odd question: Is there going to be a 2 o’clock mass today? I’m sure I looked confused so he repeated his question: Is there going to be a 2 o’clock mass today? The second time around I understood what he was asking and thought to myself: You want a mass here? I was horrified at the thought of a Great Thanksgiving celebrated in Hell and said as much: You want a mass here?