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Residents reflect, cope with 9/11

“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was like watching a movie,” recalled Franco Sees, a Johnstown resident who was living in Brooklyn on September 11, 2001. Sees was working in construction on an office building in Brooklyn and had a clear view across the Hudson into Manhattan that morning. “One of my coworkers had a pair of binoculars. I’ll never forget what I saw that day. People were jumping from the Twin Towers. The streets were filled with New Yorkers running for their lives.” As events unfolded, the shock was felt in Johnstown too. “We heard about the plane ...

What defines our lives? Ephesians 1:3-14

Patrick was spooked by what he heard. It was late at night in November 1984. As he was doing his laundry a sound came from a cardboard box in the corner of the room. There was no one else in the dormitory laundry at San Francisco State University. He walked over and peeked inside. It was a newborn baby girl! She was turning blue. Patrick grabbed the first student he saw, a nursing student named Esther Raiger, and asked for her help. Esther had just completed a course in infant care. So, she cared for the baby until paramedics arrived. The hospital staff named the newborn Baby Jane Doe. ...

Here’s what we can learn from the life of Solomon

We have been considering the life of King Solomon, the son of David. It would appear that he left his first love for the Lord, and chose to serve false Gods. I Kings 11:4-5 says, “For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other Gods. For Solomon went after Ashteroth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. Solomon broke the first and most important commandment, Deuteronomy 5:7. I believe the success of Solomon also played a part in his apostasy. His great achievements and accomplishments seemed to take away his ...

Pope, patriarch and Canterbury abbot issue climate appeal

ROME (AP) — The world’s top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians — on Tuesday issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to “listen to the cry of the Earth” and make sacrifices to save the planet. In their first-ever joint statement, the three Christian clerics said the coronavirus pandemic gave political leaders an unprecedented opportunity to rethink the global economy and make it more sustainable and socially just for the poor. “We must decide what kind of world we ...

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He has power to heal

Good morning, dear friends! At the time of this writing, I find myself sitting still at the side of a beautiful lake situated in bear country in Maine. Fish are jumping, and loons are calling out. Part of their call sounds like laughter to me, but I don’t feel much like laughing. While my body is still, my heart is not. I am tempted to become anxious. And why not? It’s been a monumental week for our country; the end of a 20-year war. There were brave military lives lost. Families torn apart, never to be joined together again on this side of heaven. Hearts are broken and grieving. ...