Faith
Progress 2023: New dorm in use at Conception Abbey
CONCEPTION, Mo. — On a hot Sunday in late August, hundreds of people gathered at Conception Abbey to participate in the blessing of Good Shepherd Hall. Around 300 people gathered for the day’s events, including Sunday Mass in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, a meal and fellowship outdoors, and a tour of the new…
Read MoreGod will always welcome you home
Psalm 86:15 “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.” When my daughter Tessa was younger, she broke a glass one afternoon. She didn’t mean to. She was simply reaching up on the cabinet and missed the mark. Glass shattered all over the wood floors, sliding…
Read MoreFirst Christian Church welcomes new pastor
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The First Christian Church announced in a news release last week that the Rev. Gina Johnson will serve as its new pastor. According to the release, Johnson has been in the ministry for more than a decade and comes to Maryville “with a very dynamic background and an extreme level of focus…
Read MoreColumn: Throw Forward….Not Backward!
In college I competed on the track and field team, throwing the shot put and the discus. At one meet, the discus competition was on Friday and I did terrible. It was a big meet and I should have done well. Not only was I disappointed in my performance, but I was heartbroken. The next…
Read MoreOur issues of time during the holidays
As Christmas approaches in our streets and in our homes, people are more and more in a hurry. Perhaps like me they have put off shopping and other necessary details in our Christmas preparations until the last minute. Time emerges as a critical issue for people especially during the holiday season. For children, time moves…
Read MoreColumn: Season of Advent offers chance to prepare hearts
Today is the last Sunday of Advent. Many Christian denominations use this season of Advent to prepare hearts to receive the Christ-Child anew in our spirits. Our church has an Advent wreath on the altar with four candles on the outside of the wreath and one candle in the center, the Christ Candle. The Christ…
Read MoreHonoring Franciscan Sisters of Mary
One hundred and fifty years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Mary established a ministry in the St. Louis area to provide healing services to all regardless of financial means. In 1894, Sister Augustine, along with seven other Sisters, departed from the congregation to spread that same ministry to the rural Missouri town of Maryville. Community…
Read MoreFirst Presbyterian to host ‘World of Christmas Celebration’
MARYVILLE, Mo. – The First Presbyterian Church is opening the Christmas season with an event aimed at fundraising for the Choir Scholarship Fund the church has for Northwest Missouri State University students. Linda Hansen, a member of the church who runs the scholarship fund, has crafted the World of Christmas Celebration — a day filled…
Read MoreArea church to host harvest festival
SKIDMORE, Mo. — St. Oswald’s in the Fields Episcopal Church of rural Skidmore will host a special service later this fall as part of the Harvest Festival. The 124th Harvest Festival will take place at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct 2, according to a news release. The special service will be presided over by The…
Read MoreCOLUMN: Faith offers new identity
As a follower of Christ we have received a new identity. The amazing thing is the very moment you put your faith in Jesus, you are given a new identity. That is not to say the Christian life is easy, you will be growing and straining to become more and more like Christ each and…
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