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A Resurrection Reply

In Luke 20:27-40 Jesus speaks of the reality of a resurrection, a resurrection of our bodies. It is true that when death comes the souls of those who die in Christ go immediately to be with the Lord, but their bodies, that shell that was the home for their soul, waits for the resurrection. But we also know that before the resurrection most of us will have to endure death. John Milton said, “Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.” Christians speak about the death of Christ, celebrate his death, sing about his death, testify about his death, and when we meet ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses return to live events

HARRISBURG — After nearly three years, one Christian organization has made a full return to large events and community outreach programs. In March 2020, Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended their gatherings and all in-person forms of their volunteer work out of concern for the health and safety of the community. “We believe that the early decision to shut down all in-person activities for more than two years has saved many lives,” said Robert Hendriks, U.S. spokesperson for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “We’re now ready and eager to reconnect with our neighbors once again – ...

Choosing Christ helps us make better life choices

Romans 6:1-14 Congratulations, today’s your day. You’re off to great places. You’re off and away. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Those words of advice come from the delightful little book by Dr. Seuss titled Oh, the Places You’ll Go! “You’re on your own,” he continues. “And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.” It’s up to us, says Dr. Seuss. The world is ours and we’re free to choose what kind of life we’ll have. He even provides a warning: ...

United Methodist congregations could disaffiliate from church

By Julia Maruca Tribune-Review SCOTTDALE — For more than 100 years, two churches affiliated with the United Methodist Church have held Sunday services in the middle of Scottdale. If each stays on its current path, by the end of this summer, Christ United Methodist Church and Trinity United Methodist Church will no longer exist in their current forms. The congregations voted at the end of 2022 to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church. They are among more than 260 churches in the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church — almost one-third of its ...

A prayer for saving human life

LEWISTOWN — Mary Smith is trying to inspire hope and change for people who are dealing with abortion. Smith is chairwoman for Mifflin-Juniata County Citizens Concerned for Human Life, a local affiliate of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation. The group will hold its March for Life on Sunday, March 19. According to Smith, the march is being used as a way to inspire people to honor and respect life from conception through natural death. “It just seems the way society is right now we need more prayer,” Smith said. “We need to be respectful of human life. The inspiration is ...

Interactive map helps find Pittsburgh Lenten fish fries

By TED ANTHONY The Associated Press WEXFORD — By the time the doors open at 4:30 p.m., a boisterous line of 50 hungry people is looping around the gymnasium foyer at Blessed Francis Seelos Academy. Their objective: to occupy tables on the basketball court and, for the parish’s first time since the pandemic descended in 2020, sit down for an old-fashioned Lenten fish fry. Many patrons are members of the flock — St. Aidan Catholic Parish north of Pittsburgh — and greet each other as longtime friends. But these days, newcomers figure in the mix, too. And some arrive in a way ...