Spirituality

Being grounded in faith will set you free

By Pastor Marvin Arnpriester Guest Writer Been having trouble with our home phone and internet service from time to time. Most of the time it has worked well with no complaints.  Then, beginning late spring, the internet service...

Sun Lakes UM offering Tuesday programs, Bible study

By Cathy Smoot Contributor Sun Lakes United Methodist Church at 9248 E Riggs Road hosts “Tuesday Nights Together,” a series of free programs every month. Topics vary from light and entertaining to serious and informing. A...

God requires us to be his true partner

Rabbi Irwin Wiener Columnist Numerous times we hear from different people that their concept of right and wrong can be found in their understanding of spirituality.   It is used frequently to describe a partnership with God that...

The mystery of love and grace

By Rev. Marvin Arnpriester Guest Writer Barbara Brown Taylor wrote the following which continues to haunt and nag at me. I trust it will do the same for you… “The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the...

Fire-ravaged soil provokes thoughts of healing

By Lynne Hartke Guest Writer “Flash flood warnings in Flagstaff,” I said to my husband Kevin as a text message pinged on my phone.  “Where?” Kevin asked, as he positioned a chair on the back deck of our cabin in northern...

Where does our responsibility begin and end?

By Rabbi Irwin Wiener Guest Writer You shall stand before those who are old and show respect for those who are old.  Leviticus 19:32 One of the most daunting prospects in the human experience involves growing older and the...

Faith releases us from being hostages of fright

By Rabbi Irwin Wiener Columnist “The nations of the world are so preoccupied with their anxieties and ambitions that they do not realize that the very foundation of civilized life is being undermined.”-Mordecai Kaplan     ...

Prayer brings man comfort amid the world’s strife

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Guest Writer There have been many natural disasters in the world.  In our lifetime we have witnessed earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, fires – on and on the list is endless. And we have heard of priests...

If only we practiced Desmond Tutu’s observation

By Pastor Marvin Arnpriester Guest Writer The South African Anglican cleric and theologian Desmond Tutu once observed: “We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for...

Stars remind us God owns the night and day

By Lynne Hartke Guest Writer The mighty archer, Sagittarius, with weapon drawn, pointed his arrow at Scorpios above the southern horizon. Unperturbed, the arachnid swung his tail over the neighborhood streetlights illuminating my...