Faith & Values

When Father Deogratias Rwegasira was a young teacher in a Catholic school in Kigoma, Tanzania, a priest asked him if he wanted to be married.

It was a Friday in late June 2015, when President Barack Obama was eulogizing his friend South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, a pastor who had been killed with eight others in a Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting.

A Lancaster city Episcopal church will soon offer a class on Islam.

Organist Tom Breneman has a favorite quote about music, from Martin Luther in 1517.

The Lifecycles team dipped their tires in both oceans and traveled across the country. 

The Climate Riders rode across the country from Washington state to Washington D.C. to advocate for climate justice.

Reverberate, an evening of Christ-centered outdoor worship, stories and music, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, in Long’s Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike.

Ken Yoder Reed has a message for fellow Christians: “Jews are God’s chosen people.”

The Torah commands Jews to abstain from working during Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The holiest day in the Jewish religion starts at sundown Wednesday and lasts for 24 hours. Jews should spend that time praying to God for forgiveness for sins committed during the year.

A bus tour of historic sites is one of two events being planned for next year’s celebration of Bowmansville Mennonite Church’s 100 years of worship in its current building.

A few Sundays a year, worshippers at Donegal Presbyterian Church sing “Blest be the tie that binds,” a hymn about the fellowship found in faith.