About a dozen artists are showing paintings, quilts and sculptures as part of the West Central Festival of the Arts at Salem Lutheran Church, at 1428 W. Broadway Ave.
As a devout secularist with one hand always on the deep pulse of history, I cannot help but feel moved and appreciative of the role that Nelson Mandela played in the peaceful transit of South Africa from apartheid prejudice to a working democratic structure.
Today I went on an early morning walk with workers at Valley Hospital as they went back to work after a 24-hour strike — only to be locked out by hospital management.
The community is invited to join state legislators, city council members and local leaders for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new facility of the Peaceful Valley Youth Program at All Saints Lutheran Church, Friday at 11 a.m.
Gratefulness is a life-changer. Literally. Those who hold an “attitude of gratitude” often have a higher quality of life, live longer, and share deeper relationships with others than those who don’t. As a wise six-year-old once said, “No one likes a grumpy face.”
(RNS) Escaping the “gilded cage” of the papal apartments has been a dream of many popes who fear losing touch with ordinary life. Here are five examples, mostly true, of other Catholic churchmen who have gone off the grid.