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Cities of Refuge: Numbers 31-36
Numbers 35 details the concept of cities of refuge. These towns were set up so that, if one person accidentally killed another person, there would be a place to stay and live while the kin of the kill...
Posted on 5/3/13 at 6:43 AM
Deception, Deceit, Dishonesty -- Is This Our 3-D World?
You younger women -- under 35 -- may find this odd, but not so many years ago, a married woman did not appear on a credit card account as a real person. As the wife of her husband, she was presumab...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 1:53 PM
Beijing: On a Day of Worship
Howdy, Readers! Day two of my trek through China had me getting to know some lesser-known, but more personable aspects of China's capital, Beijing. Having gotten in late the night before, I reserv...
Posted on 6/30/12 at 8:57 AM
We Bought a Zoo
The viewer can get the premise of the movie We Bought a Zoo from its title. What is interesting about the movie is that it's still good, even though it's obvious where the story is going. Part of that...
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:26 PM
A light in the storm
Record-breaking gales on Oct, 26, 2010 raged throughout the Midwest as a Wisconsin church served a free meal, a meal that would show God's power in a way no one could have guessed. Winds of up to 60 ...
Posted on 12/11/10 at 7:14 PM
Carrington church to leave ELCA
Trinity Lutheran Church in Carrington, N.D., voted to leave the Evangelical Church in America. According to a note posted on the church’s door, Sunday’s vote, the second, passed 161 to 16.By By John Lamb, Forum Communications Co. , May 24, 2011
Members of burned N.D. church gather for services
The congregation of a century-old church in southeast North Dakota that was destroyed by fire gathered in the gymnasium at Maple Valley Elementary School on Sunday for services.May 23, 2011
Wis. church starts major expansion
RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown River Falls Chris Myers confirms that the church breaks ground at 10 a.m. Sunday on a long-in-the-planning expansion and remodel project that will add 12,000 square feet of space.By By Debbie Griffin, Forum Communications Co. , May 20, 2011
Members mourn loss of church
ORISKA, N.D — Watching as their church burned to the ground Monday night, one boy whose family goes to Zion Lutheran turned to another young man and asked the thorny question. Why would God let this happen? The other boy’s response, recalled Tuesday by fellow Zion member Joan Wolsky, was an optimistic answer to the enduring theological concern: “He wants us to have bigger Sunday school rooms,” the youth said.By By Dave Roepke, Forum Communications Co. , May 20, 2011
Vandals strike rural Hankinson church just before Easter
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Belford Township parishioners were preparing to host sunrise Easter service. But instead of enjoying breakfast at the church, they were speedily cleaning up broken glass and debris in the chapel, basement and storage room. Vandals are suspected of using a bat to break six windows in the church overnight Saturday.By By Wendy Reuer, Forum Communications Co. , April 27, 2011
ND pastors seek change in church property tax law
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota law allows churches to be assessed property taxes on more than two acres of land, and state lawmakers are considering whether to change it.January 31, 2011
Joy preaching at Grace Church
Dr. Mark Joy, professor of American history at Jamestown College, will be preaching at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday.January 28, 2011
ND Roman Catholic Diocese plans structural shakeup
January 18, 2011
Strained faith led to idea of Bar Church
DULUTH, Minn. — Twenty years ago Chris Fletcher was studying theology. Then “life happened,” and he found himself an agnostic. Working with the Lake County Ambulance Service had Fletcher wondering about a “capricious” God who could let so many bad things happen to people. “I think I was really angry with God,” he said. He “didn’t know how to reconcile” the terrible things he had seen on the job. “How can a good God allow this to happen?”By By Mike Creger, Forum Communications Co. , January 14, 2011
Egypt Christians mark mournful Christmas Eve
January 07, 2011
Christmas service planned at LEC jail
By Keith Norman , December 24, 2010
Church taking message to people
ELLSWORTH, Wis. — In looking inward while between pastors, an Ellsworth church congregation has been looking outward, too. After the retirement of the Rev. Harlen Menk this past spring, English Lutheran Church members hired “Church Doctor Ministries” through the Lutherans’ Northwest Synod in Chetek to help assess the congregation’s present condition and determine its future direction. A group of the members, including Melissa Bisila, Kelly Church, Heidi Gutting, Pat Linder and Billy Penn, discussed the effort Tuesday.By By Bill Kirk, Forum Communications Co. , December 17, 2010
Man accused of setting fire to church
DICKINSON, N.D. — Authorities here have arrested a man for allegedly burglarizing and setting fire to a church this morning, one of two church fires local officials had to simultaneously battle. Joshua Whitworth, 21, of Dickinson, was taken into custody and charged with burglary, arson and possession of stolen property in connection with a burglary and fire at the Church of Christ, according to the Dickinson Police Department.By Forum Communications Co. report , December 03, 2010
Dickinson churches catch fire; preacher says arson
Two Dickinson churches caught fire this morning and firefighters are on scene at both. A preacher at one of the churches believes arson is to blame.By Forum News Service , December 02, 2010
N.D. church leaves ELCA over issue of genetics
SHELDON, N.D. (AP) — Members of a church in the southeast North Dakota town of Sheldon have voted to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but not because of the ELCA's 2009 decision to allow homosexuals in committed relationships to serve as pastors.November 12, 2010
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