March 25th, 2010
Mysha
by Jacob Lee
I was thinking about the person of the Holy Spirit when two specific experiences of my Basic Military Training came to my mind:
1. Negative and Positive Demonstrations; and
2. Night shoot.
Negative & Positive Demonstrations
During that basic military training, the army instructors would use these two methods of instructions to teach recruits new things; for example shooting the M16 rifle. The instructor would show us the wrong method before he contrasted it with the right one. But the funny thing was the majority of us would eventually end up using the wrong method! Much to the frustration of the dialect speaking, expletive rich instructors!
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March 18th, 2010
Mysha
For the second time in six months, the city has ordered a group of Christian worshippers who meet inside homes to get a permit or shut down.
It’s the latest incident in which religious groups in Southern California have been targeted by cities for home gatherings, though many of those groups were eventually allowed to meet without obtaining permits.
Rancho Cucamonga is trying to halt Friday night meetings at a home after receiving a complaint in February from a neighbor that 40 to 60 people were gathering weekly in the San Bernardino County location.
Officials said the homeowner needs a conditional use permit by Good Friday, April 2, to operate a church in a residential area.
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February 18th, 2010
Mysha
Earthquake victims await treatment in Port-au-Prince.
Their holy books vary widely and so does their disaster apparel. Devotees of Supreme Master Ching Hai, a Vietnamese spiritual leader, wore fluorescent yellow vests on their way into quake-damaged Haiti. Mormons wore their trademark white shirts and ties. And an array of others — Scientologists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Jews and Muslims — each printed T-shirts of a different hue declaring which faith had inspired them to help save Haiti.
Moved by awful images of the Jan. 12 earthquake, a broad band of religious groups has swept down here in recent weeks. But rather than fostering a universal spirit of interfaith cooperation, the hasty assemblage of religious organizations has sometimes created tensions among them.
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October 22nd, 2009
Mysha
“I’ve closed a bar down, but never opened one up,” joked Darin Wilson.
Where can one hold a Bible in one hand and nurse a beer in the other? It’s at The Red Door, a ministry held at the Willowdale Saloon, 5905 W. Highway 11, Janesville, led by Beloiter Kathy Price.
In an effort to minister to those turned off by traditional religion, Price holds services at the bar at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday. A social beer and cigarette is allowed as well as chicken wings, coffee and donuts.
“I want the people who don’t want to go to church, those who are wounded and broken, especially from religion,” Price said.
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