Faith
Column: However we treat people in need, so we treat Jesus
However we treat people in need, so we treat Jesus. Do we believe him? In our home we have a print by Sadao Watanabe depicting the story in Matthew 2 of Mary and Joseph’s flight into Egypt. It is an image of Joseph in front of a donkey that is carrying Mary with Jesus being…
Read MoreColumn: What does it mean to take up our cross?
Sandro Botticelli in a Renaissance painting depicts Jesus on the cross surrounded there by the Father and Spirit, angels and humans. What if we put ourselves in the painting and joined with what was happening in those hours? It’s difficult for us to relate to being at the cross. Crosses, as a method of death,…
Read MoreFirst Christian Church honors Unsung Heroes
MARYVILLE, Mo. — During Lent, the First Christian Church of Maryville has been hosting a special dinner on Wednesday nights to recognize the efforts of Unsung Heroes throughout the community. According to office administrator Virginia Ripple, the church hosted its first dinner February 21 for congregation members. Last week the church hosted about 30 sanitation…
Read MoreRotary, St. Gregory join to collect shoes
MARYVILLE, Mo. — For seven years the Maryville Rotary Club has joined with St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic School to collect shoes for the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls project and this year the two are at it again. Each year the local Rotary club collects new shoes, new shoe strings, new socks and cash from…
Read MoreColumn: Share your faith, write a column
For many years, The Forum has offered local religious institutions an opportunity to share their words of faith with our readers and many have taken us up on the offer. With the help of the local Ministerial Alliance this was achieved by each church involved in the alliance receiving a month’s worth of editions (either…
Read MoreColumn: Attitude of gratitude
It’s easy to think of reasons to be thankful while we’re all gathered at the dinner table stuffing ourselves with fabulously delicious foods on a day designated for us to be thankful, but once the meal is done, and the leftovers are put away, we’re supposed to put that thankful attitude away and go back…
Read MoreColumn: Look like the Christ
Do you look like me? I know, your immediate answer to that is, “I don’t look like you.” I’m tall, you’re short. You have long hair and I have short hair. I’m in my 50s, you’re in your 20s. Your skin is brown and mine is fair, so obviously we don’t look alike. However, that’s…
Read MoreColumn: Practice gratitude
Throughout my weeks as I am out and about, I have many opportunities for waiting. In these moments, I find myself observing those around me. On many occasions I hear people complain with a little bit of “attitude.” Some are complaining on their phones to unseen ears, some are complaining to the person beside them,…
Read MoreColumn: Season of thanks is year-round
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” That’s the first verse of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, and many of us know it as one of the verses that inspired a famous song by The Byrds, “Turn, Turn, Turn!” What’s so special about this statement? Solomon wrote about it…
Read MoreColumn: Be a roof crasher
Mark, Chapter 2, of the Bible tells an interesting story of a man who needed to get to Jesus. He was paralyzed and looking for healing. Jesus was inside a house, and so many people had crowded in and around the house to hear him, that the paralyzed man could not get through. Enter the…
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