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Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Tom Laub at (717) 248-6741 or by email at living@lewistownsentinel.com. Items also may be faxed to (717) 248-3481 or sent to The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., Lewistown, PA 17044. Items must be received by Tuesday for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ••• UMC to host Bible study LEWISTOWN — First Bakers United Methodist Church will host a Bible study every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ...

Debates over images in Empire show why it’s hard to appease any side

The Conversation An adjunct lecturer at Hamline University recently lost her job for showing an image of Prophet Muhammad in an art history class, which some students and administrators considered to be Islamophobic. The university later retracted the accusation of Islamophobia and said in a statement, “It was never our intent to suggest that academic freedom is of lower concern or value than our students,” but still insisted that “care” does not “supersede academic freedom, the two coexist.” An earlier statement from Hamline President Fayneese Miller had noted, ...

God and guns often go together in US history — this course examines why

The Conversation Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “God and Guns: the History of Faith and Firearms in America” What prompted the idea for the course? As a religion professor, I’ve come to know many students from other countries who identify as Christian. I realized they were puzzled at some of the things Americans often bundled into their faith – things these international Christians didn’t consider relevant to their own religious identity. One issue in particular ...

Religious Briefs

Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Tom Laub at (717) 248-6741 or by email at living@lewistownsentinel.com. Items also may be faxed to (717) 248-3481 or sent to The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., Lewistown, PA 17044. Items must be received by Tuesday for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ••• UMC to host Bible study LEWISTOWN — First Bakers United Methodist Church will host a Bible study every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ...

The world can never be the way it was again

John 20:1-9 They always hugged the coast. During the time of Homer, Greek sailors never sailed out of sight of land. When they sailed, they hugged the coast because any seagoing ship would be lost. According to their belief systems the sea was filled with deadly monsters. Their “map of reality” limited their travels, suggests John Alexander in his book, The Warrior’s Edge. A “Reality map,” is a way of looking at the world. It is a belief system. For centuries, European sailors navigated by reality maps that told them the world was flat. If you sailed too far, their ...

Spring with new life blooms

Spring is here. After the cold and darkness of winter, we all rejoice as the earth awakens with new life. I love spring. The tulips begin to creep up from the ground, the grass begins to green and the trees bud. Spring rain reminds us that new life is ready to come forth. When I owned a landscaping business, I always looked forward to the new life of spring. How satisfying to see the results of your labor with colorful flowers, the crisp stripes of green grass and the smell of spring rains. We planted petunias, marigolds, tulips and other colorful flowers that express new life and hope ...