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Lonnie Jones, center, is applauded by Bridgeport residents celebrating his release from prison. Credit: CTMirror.org, used with permission Bridgeport — Seeing Lonnie Jones walk into the basement of Mount Aery Baptist Church was a surreal moment for Tino Negron. The previous day, Jones had stepped outside the confines of a federal prison for the first time […]
100,000 Sisters Making Strides Toward Better Health GirlTrek brings Black women together for weekly walks in neighborhoods across the country. By Rebekah Sager I’ll admit it. I’m not a gym girl. But I am a walking girl. I love to walk. And more than that, I love to walk (and talk) with friends. I also […]
Toni Morrison 2/18/ 1931 – 8/5/ 2019 Toni Morrison (Courtesy Alfred A. Knopf) Toni Morrison was an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National […]
Religious communities often face a choice: Sell off the buildings they can no longer afford, or find a way to fill them with new uses. NOV 25, 2018 Jonathan Merritt, Contributing writer for The Atlantic http://timesofahmad.blogspot.com/2015/03/usa-more-than-3000-people-leave-church.html Many of our nation’s churches can no longer afford to maintain their structures—6,000 to 10,000 churches die each year in […]
Church of England staring at oblivion as just 2% of young Britons say they identify with it Chris Baynes Friday 7 September 2018 The number of people who identify as belonging to the Church of England has dropped to a record low in an “unrelenting decline” that could threaten the denomination’s future, research suggests. CofE affiliation has […]
Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism. Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a social movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. According to adherents, Pastafarianism is a “real, legitimate religion, as much as any other”. The “Flying […]
How Pushups Can Help Men’s Hearts By Matt McMillen In a 10-year study published in February, researchers reported that men who can do 40 pushups have a whopping 96% lower risk of heart disease than guys who can’t muster 10. The average man in the study: Nearly 40 years old and overweight, but not obese. All 1,562 men were physically […]
The New W-4 Form Changes Could Make Your Life A Lot Harder By SETH MILLSTEIN @ Bustle.com The tax law signed by President Trump in 2017 resulted in a complete rewriting of the W-4 form, the standard tax form workers fill out for employers before getting hired. The new W-4 form changes will likely make your life a […]
About Encounters The Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the Old State House, and UConn Humanities Institute -UCHI formed a community engagement partnership to present Encounters, a series focused on encouraging informed and informal conversations about issues that affect our lives. The aim is to strengthen our ability to […]
Where should Hartford be when it turns 400? The City of Hartford, in partnership with The IQuilt Plan Partnership, invites you to kick off a community conversation about this question by participating in an online survey, at www.hartford400.org. We want you to think big! Your responses will help shape the development of a comprehensive plan for Hartford’s future. To get […]
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Revolutionary Love Project Founder to Keynote Annual Meeting Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, will be the keynote speaker at the first Annual Meeting of the new Together As One Conference, to be held Nov. 1 and 2 in Worcester, MA. The Annual Meeting will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, at the […]
Check out these familiar – and new – prayer resources: The Upper Room Beliefnet Our Daily Bread Prayer: The Ultimate Lifestyle When God Says No Going Deeper in Prayer The Strength and Power of Prayer Bible Verses About Prayer Guideposts: The Power of Prayer The Power of Prayer James 5:16b The Power of […]