(2008/05/17)
Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God, will present a workshop called “Spiritual Dreams, Soul Travel and Past Lives,” with a book discussion from “Eckankar, The Key To Secret Worlds” by Paul Twitchell and excerpts from the audio cassette “HU, A Love Song to God,” at 6:30 pm Thursday in Auditorium A at the La Crosse Public Library, 800 Main St., (608) 637-7874.
(2008/05/17)
Bishop Jerome Listecki confirmed 70 young people from six parishes May 7 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman.
(2008/05/17)
BOSTON — For decades, Boston University sociologist Peter Berger says, American intellectuals have looked down on evangelicals.
(2008/05/17)
There isn’t much force behind Neil Greeno’s flowers.
(2008/05/16)
The Rev. Terry Terrell’s 25-hour sermon this week didn’t begin with a desire to preach.
(2008/05/16)
The 13th Annual Coulee Christian Golf Scramble will be at noon Friday at Cedar Valley Golf Course between Winona, Minn., and LaCrosse. Cost is $85 and includes a prime rib and walleye buffet. To register call (608) 786-3004.
(2008/05/16)
Twenty-eight youths celebrated confirmation at Holmen Lutheran Church on Sunday, May 4: Travis Boatner, Michael Brophy, Alexandra Brown, Trevor Clements, Marley Crossland, Rylee Drugan, Cody Evanson, Annie Fularczyk, Danica Gullicksrud, Isaac Hackett, Bradley Hanson, Jenna Hanson, Cassie Haug, Kelsey Henderson, Bennett Johnson, Caroline Kannel, Ally Kessler, Haley Konsela, Kate Ledegar, Kaitlin Lorenz, Lydia Mitley, Morgan Mortenson, Damian Paulson, Taylor Pederson, Ryan Rommes, MacKenzie Shriver, Molly Sims and Tyler Thompson.
(2008/05/09)
How do you explain Creation? Is it fact or fiction? Do you reject the story as told in Genesis because it sounds absurd to say that some disembodied being made light, water, vegetation and humanity out of nothing? Or do you accept it as historical fact, as an intellectual matter for science class?
(2008/05/09)
The Interfaith Network for Justice and Peace has changed the location of its monthly meetings from the La Crosse Public Library to the Grandview Building,
(2008/05/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On the door of his room at Conception Seminary College in northwest Missouri, Adam Haake has a poster that reminds him of the other local men walking the same path toward priesthood.
(2008/05/02)
How do you explain Creation? Is it fact or fiction? Do you reject the story as told in Genesis because it sounds absurd to say that some disembodied being made light, water, vegetation and humanity out of nothing? Or do you accept it as historical fact, as an intellectual matter for science class?
(2008/05/01)
WINONA, Minn. — Jillian Curtis doesn’t want her children to bring hate into the world.
(2008/05/01)
First Presbyterian Church will sponsor a trip May 15 to Fanny Hall Dinner Theatre in Eau Claire, Wis. A bus will leave the church at 233 West Ave. S. at 9:15 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. Cost is $34.95 for the dinner and theater and $20 for the bus ride. Register by May 6 by calling (608) 784-4248.
(2008/05/01)
The following people were confirmed on Sunday, April 20, at North Presbyterian Church, 1327 N. Salem Road: Jeana Conder, Grant Soper, Allie Schulz, Erik Onsrud, Andrew Ernst, Will Onsrud, Jessica McWain, Grace Onsrud, Ben Skogen, Brandon Hanabarger, Emma Sierp, Steven Christiansen and Allie Hauser.
(2008/05/01)
Most mornings these days, before my alarm clock rings, birds perched outside the windows awaken me.
(2008/04/25)
Moderate Muslim; A question I hear asked over and over these days is this: Where are the moderate Muslim voices?
(2008/04/25)
The 21st annual convention of the La Crosse Area Synod Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will begin with 8 a.m. registration April 26 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Viroqua, Wis. The theme is “Blessed to be Bold.” The Rev. Christine Hallemeier, the first woman to go to the Central Synod Mekane Yesus in Ethiopia as a teaching pastor, will be the keynote speaker. Registration can be sent to Ann Prissel,
(2008/04/25)
What do you call a band made up of four seminary students who play an eclectic mix of traditional, folk and sacred music with Latin, African and Celtic influences?
(2008/04/25)
ST. LOUIS — A prominent Roman Catholic priest and canon lawyer, who says he has been helping those "harmed by the institutional Catholic Church" since 1985 and counseling an ethnic Polish church here, has been banned from working in the St. Louis archdiocese.
(2008/04/18)
It might be a good thing that meaning so often gets lost on us. If we were always conscious of meaning, we’d always be standing in awe.
(2008/04/18)
Steve Lear, with the Jewish Community Relations Council, will present "Understanding the Middle East Conflict: A Hope for Peace" at 7 p.m. Wednesday at First Congregational Church, 2503 Main St., and "A Hope for Peace in the Middle East: Core Issues and Events after Annapolis" at noon Thursday at Viterbo University's Reinhart Center.
(2008/04/18)
WASHINGTON — If Pope John Paul II was an international icon, his successor, Benedict XVI, remains largely undefined in the public eye in the United States even as the Roman Catholic Church here experiences a wrenching transition.
(2008/04/18)
NEW YORK — Last year, Pope Benedict XVI raised eyebrows when the Vatican announced it was installing 1,000 solar panels on the roof of a football field-sized building that is the main auditorium in Vatican City.
(2008/04/18)
NEW YORK — The bulletproof pope mobile is only part of a massive security plan staged for the New York arrival of Pope Benedict XVI, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday.
(2008/04/18)
NEW YORK — Pedophile priests, Darfur, Iraq, global warming, poverty and a decline in the number of Catholics in the United States are all burning issues Pope Benedict XVI could address during his visit to the United Nations next week, his U.N. representative said Thursday.
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