In this remote African country, famo songs have been a storytelling tool for more than a century. Today, they’re used as a ...

On the other hand, The Lifeless Shadows refers to those humans who are not yet human beings and are groping about in the dark, Spiritually blind, deaf and dumb, their spiritual senses, insensitive and ...

Pat and Charlie Northum were honored for their 70th wedding anniversary at New Life Worship Center in Tahlequah on Dec. 22, ...

Here in Adams County, there was plenty of news also. Here, in no particular order, are the Defender’s top stories of 2024.

The gospel lectionary reading for the First Sunday of Epiphany/the Baptism of Christ in this Year C is Luke 3.15–17, 21–22. We have recently been exploring Luke 3 during Advent, having read the first ...

Following his reelection as speaker of the House, Mike Johnson recited a prayer he implied was written by Thomas Jefferson. But Jefferson didn’t write it.

In the Our Father, the object of the first three petitions is the glory of the Father: the sanctification of his name, the coming of the kingdom, and the fulfillment of his will. The four others ...

After a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession, or in one of the litanies or other prayers. All then join hands for the Lord's Prayer: Our Father.

Here, the traditional angels are replaced by characters from folklore who frolic as the children sleep: Snow White, Red ...

EXCLUSIVE – John Ramsey, father of JonBenet Ramsey, says the loss of his two daughters within a four-year period in the 1990s "challenged" and eventually strengthened his faith. Ramsey made the ...

Krane reads aloud from a children’s book which has a theme connected to the Gospel reading. She then introduces a craft or art project the families can do together. This is followed by prayer ...

It would be understandable if you looked at Hosanna Lutheran Church and its 45,000-square-foot footprint and worried about ...