advertisement
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion

A Place in the Choir

“All God’s critters got aplace in the choirSome sing low and somesing higher,Some sing out loud on atelephone wire,Some just clap theirhands, or paws, or anything they’ve got now.” You gotta love the message in this song by singersongwriter Bill Staines. Then again, maybe not, at least if your religious beliefs run to the right. […]

Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion

History’s Mysteries

This is a photograph of the Memorial Hall on Bowdoin College Campus as it appeared in 1947. Despite fiscal distress following the Civil War, there was a widespread urge in New England to build Civil War memorials — for colleges the task was to invent suitable buildings while towns simply raised statues or mounted cannons. […]

Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion

Christ and the Supernatural

As the Christian world view ( we do have one) is being continually pushed back by the secular in name of tolerance, Happy Easter! Christians are being beheaded in numbers not seen since 600-something A.D. In this country, Christian organizations are being lopped off college campuses in the name of “tolerance” nationwide. One can read […]

Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion

Ethics & Faith

Thanks to brilliant tactics by gay activists, huge doses of corporate hypocrisy, tongue- tied politicians, and the silence of religious leaders — religious liberty lost big battles in Indiana and Arkansas this week. Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote a column in The Washington Post deploring a “dangerous happening” of a “wave of legislation, introduced in […]

Posted inTimes Record

Mid-coast celebrating Good Friday, Easter

Holy Week continues this weekend with several local congregations planning special Good Friday and Easter services. Among them: The Neighborhood United Church of Christ BATH — The Bath United Church of Christ will celebrate Easter in its new worship space at 798 Washington St., the former Admiral Steakhouse. A Good Friday service begins at 7 […]

Posted inTimes Record

How the Catholic Church is growing again in Maine

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part 1 of “Restoring faith,” a five-part series examining the Catholic Church in Maine and how it is changing. The entire series can be seen at bangordailynews.com. Picture it: A normal Friday night at Buffalo Wild Wings in South Portland. About a dozen twentysomethings from Maine flank a long table, half-shouting […]

Posted inTimes Record

FAITH NOTES :

God says it’s OK to have fun Growing up, I always thought of myself as a fun person. But slowly the fun part of me got buried beneath a load of adult responsibilities. Our oldest son, Judah, was about 8 when I recognized the shift. One morning, he quietly prayed, “Dear God, help us to […]

Posted inTimes Record

Faith community returns ‘home’ to heart of Bath

BATH The Biblical story of the Passover — when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and en route back to the Promised Land — has been celebrated for thousands of years by Jews around the globe, including Beth Israel Congregation in Bath. This year the eight-day festival — April 3-11 — coincides with Holy […]