Women’s Emmaus Retreat Oct. 24-26 The Women’s Emmaus Retreat is Oct. 24-26 (Friday night through Sunday afternoon) It is a weekend of friendship and faith, which is based on Luke 24:13-35 in which two strangers encounter Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Come walk with Jesus and deepen your ...

I love the gospels’ regular use of seeds as metaphors because so much of our faith life is all about acting on belief alone, hoping that one day those actions will bear fruit. Blind faith, some would call it. However, I like to believe that living this way is the definition of hope! On ...

Garage sale fundraiser today-Saturday Mothers in Christ is having a garage sale fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Marshall Efree Church, 410 Airport Road, Marshall. The event is a name your price garage sale. All profits will help fund Mothers in ...

A little imagination theater … confirmation style. “Pastor, is it OK to hate certain people?” a struggling confirmation student asks. “That’s a heavy question,” I reply. “Can you first tell me why you’re asking?” “You’ve taught us that Jesus tells us to love our ...

Pet blessing Oct. 5 The Little Portion Secular Franciscans of the Marshall area are sponsoring a “Blessing of the Animals” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct.5,i n the parking lot of Holy Redeemer Church, Marshall. All animals and their favorite people are welcome. The Secular Franciscan Order is an ...

My heavens, what a difficult couple of weeks it’s been. Amen? The Charlie Kirk assassination dropped a match into what was already a box of incendiary material that was passing as coexistence in our society. Seemingly, now even more of us are willing to draw ideological lines in the sand, ...