Religious Store Housing a Blessed Statute

Towering above the shelves and bookcases, her hunter green and blue tinted mantle drapes to the floor. Gold stars and matching gold trim runs across the painted fabric of the cloak. Her dark rose red dress drapes to the metal rods holding her above the ground. White trim peeks from her wrists and neck. Her…

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Miracle Valley: A land sullied by history

MIRACLE VALLEY — Once home to a Bible college, a cult, a bombing, a shooting and a police brawl, Miracle Valley can be a transformative place. The small place with a complicated history where the border and the San Pedro River meet is known mostly for its revivalists and broken promises. Its stories have been…

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Having faith through climate change

  Climate Change and faith aren’t two ideas you often hear in the same sentence. Yet there is a long history of religious thought about the role of humans as stewards of the environment. In recent years, almost all major religions in the world have taken steps forward in their mission to care for the…

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Faith’s evolving nature: an era of change

How we define faith and how we define being religious today is evolving, changing the paradigm for future generations. Millennials are moving away from moderately conservative religion toward opposite ends on the religious scale; secularism and religious extremism. According to a report produced by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religious & Public Life, Americans…

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