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Faith

Faith Briefs for March 14

St. Michael’s to have fundraiser breakfast St. Michael’s in Milroy will be hosting a French toast breakfast on Sunday, March 30, to help raise funds for building stoves in Guatemala. They will be serving French toast, sausages and fruit from 9:30-11 a.m. Free will offering. If unable to ...

Bottom line: Our relationships are our one true currency

Becoming intimate friends with a man and his family during a short, two-hour concert seems crazy, right? The kind of friends who regularly check in, not only on Facebook but through periodic text messages too. A quick note of encouragement or to share a lament. A pick-me-up for folks who ...

Faith Briefs for March 7

CDA meeting Monday The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #1291 will be having a short meeting following the 5:30 p.m. Mass Monday at Holy Redeemer. The meeting is in Carlin Hall and will be about this month’s activities. The AFC Parish Mission will be at 7 p.m. Knights of Columbus ...

Lent offers us a chance to refocus on forgiveness, giving and sacrifice

Just as the world as we know it seems to be burning down around us, we are called to pause for these next several weeks in reflection and preparation of Easter, for Christ’s resurrection. Could we say the pinnacle of our faith calendar? Already expected to be a somber time in which ...

Faith Briefs for Feb. 28

First Lutheran of Marshall five-part Lenten drama worship The People vs Judas Iscariot is a five-part series for First Lutheran’s upcoming Lenten worships in March and April. These dramas will be the “sermon portion” of its traditional Holden Evening Prayer and take the shape of a ...

Community helps us to live up to our faith principles

One of my very first pastoral mentors taught me the vital life lesson that today’s worries are enough for today. If you want to find the scriptural reference, look for Matthew 6:34: “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough ...