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When the light turned red at the corner of 51st and Center streets, Deacon Kevin Stewart of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee and four other clergymen walked into the street and handed people in cars water bottles. A couple minutes later, one of the cars returned to the intersection and told them they blessed his day and made it better. “We’re just handing out water and praying, but God’s doing the heavy lifting,” Deacon Jim Starke of St. Boniface Catholic Parish said.
We woke today to learn that overnight another man was shot to death in Madison, the tenth homicide in 2017, the third in the last week. That ties the record with 2007 for the most homicides in a year, on August 2. It took me a while to compile a list of all of the victims’ names (police haven’t released the name of the most recent victim). Here they are:
A lawsuit filed by a Madison photographer who feared prosecution by city and state authorities over her views on same-sex marriage ended Tuesday after her lawyers and government lawyers agreed at a hearing that her business isn’t subject to the laws that she was challenging as unconstitutional. Amy Lawson, owner of Amy Lynn Photography Studio, had alleged that a city ordinance and a state law that prohibit public places of accommodation from discriminating against people on the basis of their sexual orientation, among other reasons, violate her right to free speech and freedom of religion, and asked that the ordinance…
Jeff Hardin, chair of the department of zoology, University of Wisconsin (BioLogos Board Chair) I’m a Christian because the Christian story of the world – and of myself – makes sense of reality. The Gospel – an old English word for “Good News” – is a Big Story that involves each one of us, but it’s also one of cosmic proportions.
Rev. David Hart celebrated his first anniversary as the pastor of Sherman Ave. Church, the same way he celebrated his arrival — on the streets of the north side. On this occasion, however, there were no streamers. No food. No music. No balloons or other party favors. Just the sun peeking through the the clouds, and a somber quiet that hung thick and viscous in the air. Rev. Hart was in a north side apartment complex, talking to residents who had been affected by recent gun violence. As Rev. Hart shared prayers and listened to stories, children rode their bikes cautiously through the…
It’s been making big headlines: The first American workers are getting injected with microchips. The Wisconsin company that’s doing it says it’s the future, and it’s all about convenience. But the idea is sparking opposition from both religious and secular circles, from biblical End Times concerns to privacy rights. Pastor Dave Doyle from Hope Christian Fellowship Church in Iowa says the microchips make him think about the “mark of the Beast” from Revelation 13:16, according to KCRG in Cedar Rapids.
Financial Gifts Help Advance $1.5 Million Capital Campaign These are exciting times for the students of Lighthouse Christian School. With the beginning of the new school year just weeks away, a $1.5 million renovation of Lighthouse Christian’s new location at 6400 Schroeder Road (the old Intervarsity building) is nearing completion, and seven area churches have already committed to the capital campaign. The gifts of these churches demonstrate growing support from area Christian communities to promote the mission of solving the achievement gap among low-income minority students.
Financial Gifts Help Advance $1.5 Million Capital Campaign These are exciting times for the students of Madison’s Lighthouse Christian School. With the beginning of the new school year just weeks away, a $1.5 million renovation of Lighthouse Christian’s new location at 6400 Schroeder Road (the old Intervarsity building) is nearing completion, and seven area churches have already committed to the capital campaign.The gifts of these churches demonstrate growing support from area Christian churches to promote the mission of solving the achievement gap among low-income minority students.
MILWAUKEE — For Nicole Sponseller, a getaway to Milwaukee has typically meant trips to the zoo, museums or maybe a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park. The 85-mile trip from Madison’s West Side has never ended at 40th Street and Hampton Avenue in one of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods. Nicole, 15, a soon-to-be junior at West High School, is part of a youth group from Asbury United Methodist Church on Madison’s Far West Side that spent a recent week scraping, painting, climbing ladders and immersing themselves in a part of Wisconsin that many try to avoid.
A conversation featuring Alex Gee, pastor of Madison’s Fountain of Life Covenant Church, and Henry Sanders, publisher and CEO of Madison 365, talking about being Black in Madison, the Justified Anger movement, and much more. More from Madison 365 at: http://madison365.com/.