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Following intent of the law; going above and beyond

By Mark Wilmoth When the Selectboard of Croydon, NH, disbanded their one-man police force in January 2020, they ordered Chief Richard Lee to immediately turn in all of the town’s equipment. Lee gave the key to the police cruiser to the Selectboard and then went back into an office and removed his gun, bulletproof vest, and uniform. Lee put his boots back on and walked a mile through a winter snowstorm in his underwear before his wife came to pick him up. Asked why he hadn’t gone home and changed clothes and then returned the uniform, Lee replied that he had been told to turn it ...

Walk of Faith: Believers carry the cross ahead of Easter celebrations

PARKERSBURG - Individuals across different denominations united Friday to commemorate Jesus’s journey on Good Friday. The Stations of the Cross is a collaboration of several downtown Parkersburg churches honoring Jesus Christ’s journey from being sentenced to death on Friday to rising to ...

Stations of the Cross to be held next weekend

PARKERSBURG — The Interfaith Good Friday Stations of the Cross Walk will be held Friday, March 29, beginning at noon at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at 532 Market St. All are invited to attend. Those unable to walk church to church are invited to stay at St. Francis Xavier where all 14 stations are prayed. The Stations of the Cross depict and pay homage to the 14 significant scenes from Jesus’ walk to Calvary where Christ was crucified and died. At each church the program includes scripture readings, participant responses, and meditations. The stations are especially ...

Hold Christians accountable for their actions

Red Hat members are not allowed to sell products at club meetings and must not leverage their membership as a way to get others to buy. Members can’t use their membership in the Red Hat Society as a launching pad for their personal businesses. School band members are expected to show up for practices, even when the practices fall during the evening hours at inconvenient times. The student who misses too many practices won’t be allowed to perform and embarrass the rest of the band with their mistakes. The same principle holds true in each organization: If you’re part of the ...

Evidence

A 2020 study by the Pew Research Center indicated that 65% of American adults claim to be Christians. One hundred forty million Americans claim to be Protestant Christians and another 70 million declare themselves Catholic. But since 67% of Americans say they seldom, if ever, attend church and only 18% attend weekly, it’s fair to ask “What marks a Christian?” Some might reply that belief qualifies one as a Christian. James, Jesus’ half-brother, strongly disagrees. James 2:19 reads, “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” Some ...

Experience God’s wisdom through books

My favorite space at home is a tiny office that should have been a walk-in closet. One wall houses my personal library that I think of as my friends and teachers. Years ago, my English professor Steve Blue caught my attention when he explained how writers have been conversing with one another through the ages. Looking at my shelves, I have invited the majority of my collection on the topic of Christianity. I am in a couple book groups, so there is another shelf of novels, both read and to-be read, but my priority remains on Christian authors, revisited when time allows. A ...