When Henry Millstein moved to town in July so his wife, the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Irelan, could take over as pastor at Eureka First United Methodist Church, Humboldt County gained a new author. Millstein — ...

As the Church continues to walk through Ordinary Time, she presents the call and the struggles of following the way of God. Case in point, this weekend in the Bible Readings from Mass, we hear the ...

Having come home safely from Cape Cod, and having not been attacked by anything more bloodthirsty than my 7-year-old who wanted to share my ice cream cone, we decided it was safe to sit down and watch ...

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope ...

When the yellow buses roll each fall, I remember my elementary schoolteachers and say a prayer of thanksgiving, recalling each name and face. Mildred Chaffin, my fifth-grade teacher at Elbert S. Long ...

I’ve read Jeremiah many times over the years, but never got much out of it, apart from various passages. There’s something different this time. Maybe it’s because, like the times he was prophesying in ...

Most years, Rosh Hashana arrives and many of us feel unfairly taken by surprised, unprepared. This year, I feel we are all so prepared. We have been introspecting for 52 weeks almost to the day. We ...

Reposted from 2022. May it be G-d's Will that the Beit Hamikdash be rebuilt speedily in our times.. The Book of Lamentations (Megillat Eikha in Hebrew, one of the five megillahs incorporated into the ...