We’ll add the faith dimension, which traces back to its 19th Century origins. What’s more, we’ll include your invitation to see it all happen again on Saturday.
Last month, at 50 years and 11 months, Phil Mickelson became the oldest golfer in history to win a major tournament when he won the PGA Championship by two strokes. He’s now considered an “old man,” at least in the field of sports. But I remember when Mickelson was young, when his wife gave …
It would be hard to imagine a faith that didn’t honor fathers. Or one that didn’t inspire some of their children to consider becoming clergy.
There are many reasons why people attend church. There are other reasons why I do as well, but these are the ones that stand out in my mind.
Even if you’re not a Baptist, you may have heard talk of the major Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting beginning June 15 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Southern Baptist Convention is widely viewed as something of a bulwark against the dramatic trends that have swept through mainline Pro…
Wherever you find fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ who have received God’s grace and love others as God has loved them, you will find disciples in disguise.
Longtime Daily News weather expert Stan Blazyk has decades of experience charting storms. And the news he hears this year isn’t good.
Last year, I planted a rose bush in our garden, a knockout rose that produces deep red fragrant blooms. Winter came, the flowers faded and the leaves withered. The bush spent weeks buried beneath a bone-chilling snow in Colorado.
Here are what some of the largest houses of worship are saying now about pandemic precautions.
For much of the world, 2020 was more of a nightmare than a dream. The physical, emotional and economic struggles brought all the nations of the Earth to their knees. But finally, the first light of a new day appears to be dawning. It’s time to dream again.
Although the entire Bible has been rendered in some 704 of the 7,300 or so extant languages and dialects by faithful linguists, one people group has been left out until now: the American deaf.
When many of us have had to distance from family, friends, co-workers and classmates, our pets have stepped up. Our pets become part of the family. If they're that important on Earth, will there be animals in heaven?
Any history of America has to include a number of vast religious movements in order to understand our changing culture.
Countries around the world set aside a special day for mothers. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India, Brazil, Germany, Ethiopia and the Philippines. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day an official holiday starti…
You probably recognize Clara Barton as the founder of the American Red Cross, but she was also the heroine of Civil War battlefields and an angel of mercy on our island after the 1900 Storm attempted to erase said island from the Texas coast. Along with all its inhabitants, young and old.
It’s been a long, hard winter. We’ve hunkered down and worn our masks to survive COVID-19. Like the disease, winter has resisted letting go its grip.
Galveston’s Grace Episcopal Church has logged a long history since its founding as an offshoot of the island’s Trinity Episcopal in the 19th century.
This Sunday evening, the world will watch the Academy Awards. It’s an odd year, with most theaters closed during COVID-19, and many productions hampered or postponed. The event itself will be adjusted for COVID-19 precautions. Still, careers will be made, and new movies will become instant c…
There was a time in Western music that most music was sacred music. European monarchs commissioned favored musicians to create the tapestry of tunes to be played in the greatest cathedrals and their smallest private chapels. Folk tunes also were incorporated into this growing body of sacred songs.
Last week, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at age 99 after 73 years of marriage to Queen Elizabeth.
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