When my grandmother, Almeda Day, married my grandfather little did she realize that she would end up living in Mexico in a little Latter-day Saint settlement that banned the drinking of coffee. Well, she drank it anyway.
My father said that when he was a little boy, he would find her brewing coffee early each morning and never failed to warn her: “Grandma, that coffee will kill you!” “Well, she just wouldn’t listen,” he said.
On October 6, 1536, a pitiful figure was led from a dungeon in Vilvorde Castle near Brussels, Belgium. For nearly a year and a half, the man had suffered isolation in a dark, damp cell. Now outside the castle wall, the prisoner was fastened to a post. He had time to utter aloud his final prayer, “Lord!
In First Peter, chapter one, Peter reminds us of God’s will for us: in Jesus Christ we are His children with the promise that we will live with Him forever in His kingdom. Jesus Christ died to pay the penalty for our sin. Trusting in this event we have God’s promise that He has forgiven our sin and given us the reward for that trust, everlasting life with Him.
I was fresh out of college, had earned a teaching credential and was in search of a job. I decided to see if teachers were needed at the high school from which I had graduated seven years earlier. The Academia Juarez is a small bilingual school located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre in Chihuahua, Mexico.
It just happened that on the day I called, the superintendent of the school system which had oversight of the Academy was visiting in the principal’s office.
Adelyne Morlino (above) can’t quite understand why Pastor Steve Sanchez is preaching from the back of a Ford F-150 on Sunday morning at Community Church of the Hills while the McEntire family (below) thinks going to church has gone to the dogs!
Courtesy photos.
I follow the sports exploits of two major colleges—The University of Texas and Brigham Young University—both of which allowed me to tread their hollowed halls in search of learning.
Brigham Young University (BYU) was primed to enter the “March Madness” post season NCAA basketball tournament with great expectations having just knocked off the number two ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs at the end of regular season play.
Drive-In Sunday Service at Community Church of the Hills is fun for the entire family as the Morlinos found out. BELOW: Diego and Santiago Castillo lifted up holy hands! Courtesy photos.
The local newspaper reported that “The Overland Stage was held up somewhere near Riverbed on the western desert and robbed of $40,000 in gold bullion from California.”
From the late1840’s through the 1870’s Orrin Porter Rockwell was renowned in the Great Basin and throughout the west as one man with whom one did not trifle.
Easter was celebrated on April 12 and for many of us, myself included, it was celebrated without attending church worship services, due to attendance limitations. But that does not prevent us from celebrating this most important day at home.
He is risen! He is risen indeed! With these words we can praise God and give Him thanks that in Jesus Christ the victory is won over sin, the devil, and all the evils of this world, including Covid-19.
The faithful gathered for the Drive-In Resurrection Day Service in the Community Church of the Hills' parking lot, where the traditional Easter greeting, "He is risen!" was met with a wide range of vehicles honking their horns in response, "He is risen, indeed!" The service was heard on 87.9FM while people stayed in their cars listening to the message which was preached from the back of a Ford F-150.
