Fr. Peter-Michael Preble
Sure we can somehow wrap our minds around things like Hurricane Sandy that is after all a natural disaster, but what of man-made disasters like the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut? How are we supposed to make sense of that?
Members of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church lost many things in the fire that ravaged the Harris Avenue building in November, but what they haven't lost is their faith or the sense of community that makes this small parish a family.
“We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we’ve systematically removed God from our schools.”
"Fearful of evangelising,” teachers “may reduce Christianity to a series of factoids” while avoiding more personal, “confessional, nurturing approaches,” particularly in non-religious state schools, said Dr. Nigel Fancourt, the group’s lead researcher.
CEDAR RAPIDS — A rare art form — made even more challenging by the dangers in a war-torn country — has made its way to a Cedar Rapids church.
