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Biden, orthodox patriarch discuss climate, religious freedom

President Joe Biden and the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians discussed ways to fight climate change and to end the coronavirus pandemic as well as the importance of religious freedom during an Oval Office session Monday. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, 81, met separately with Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken not long after being hospitalized overnight for feeling unwell at the outset of his 12-day visit to the United States. While Bartholomew’s visit was expected to draw attention to the plight of the small Orthodox Christian minority in his homeland of ...

What expectations do you have?

For some, it’s been better than expected, so far; for others it’s been worse. How has this past year been for you? How do you think your plans and expectations for the rest of the year will go. Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future? When life doesn’t meet your expectations, how do you react? People had expectations when they came to Jesus. The crowds had seen Jesus perform miracles and heal the sick. He fed thousands with two loaves of bread and a few fish. Here’s what they didn’t expect. They didn’t expect Jesus to confront them about their real motives for ...

You can place all of your burdens on Jesus

Last evening was such a sweet time with my sisters in Christ! I am blessed beyond words to tell you of the sacred love we share! Definitely the Lord’s doing. We marveled last evening at how our group came to be, of all the intricate connections within us that we had no clue until we gathered. The Lord works, in spite of us, doesn’t He? And it is good! I can so often see those things that come to us, whether pleasurable or not so much, come because He allowed those things for our good and His glory. While it may be hard to believe that all things can be used for our good and His ...

‘Reunion’ held for family of Holocaust survivors

WESTLAKE, Texas (AP) — Anna Salton Eisen found the old pictures — wallet-size, black-and-white images of Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust — in a folder her late father, George Lucius Salton, kept most of his life. The Texas woman recognized the names of some of the teens and young men from stories her father told. For three years, the baby-faced captives lived among the dead and dying in barracks and boxcars as Nazi captors moved them from Poland to France to Germany. The skeletal friends said a tearful Kaddish — a Jewish prayer of mourning — after learning their ...

Science is fallible, but truths in the Bible never change

With the continuing challenge of the pandemic, everyone in the world should be taking a dose of humility. An invisible bacteria has caused the whole world to make major adjustments. If anything, this demonstrates that human beings are not in control and this should be a time for recognizing our Creator. The Bible has numerous warnings against the dangers of pride. “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). “Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice” (Proverbs 13:10). “All of you, clothe yourselves with ...

Religion briefs

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