Pastor Jerry McGhee There is a museum in Rome that contains many of Michelangelo’s works… but perhaps the most interesting is the fact that the museum contains several unfinished works of Michelangelo. In one room, there are several large chunks of stone displayed, originally intended to be used in a monument on the tomb…
Category: Religion
Religion, March 2018
Seeing clearly
Pastor Jean Newell For years, a cataract had been growing on my “good” eye. Doctors had been reluctant to operate on the cataract because I’m blind in my other eye, but eventually it became apparent that the surgery could no longer be avoided. The morning of surgery dawned a bright and sunny day. My…
Religion, March 2018
Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation news
Doris Codkind, Publicity Friday, February 9, was a very special service as we honored our Adult B’not Mitzvah Class. These ladies worked hard to achieve their goal and participated in a beautiful Shabbat services with many family and friends in attendance. The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation is proud to offer Bar and Bat Mitzvah…
Religion, March 2018
Age and indifference
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. As we get older, we start to think about yesterday and maybe yesterday’s yesterday. In fact, our thoughts always focus on what was and not what is. That is, until something happens that makes us realize that today is here, the today that we dreamed about yesterday and maybe even…
Religion, March 2018
Jewish and Islamic traditions; similarities and differences – April 8
Michael Cohen The Friends of Israel, Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation, presents “Jewish and Islamic Traditions; Similarities and Differences – Then Came Israel” on April 8, 2018, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Sun Lakes Chapel Center, 9240 E. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, AZ 85248. The speaker will be Karolyn Benger who currently…
Religion, March 2018
Defeating distraction
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church In addition to now being the most anxious nation in the world, we are surely one of the most distracted nations as well. Obviously, there is much in our culture that can keep us fragmented in our attention and cluttered in our minds. For example,…
Religion, March 2018
Unity: See the good
Kay Davis Unity Church of Sun Lakes is an active and thriving, positive and uplifting, loving spiritual community. We follow the teachings of Jesus and other spiritual masters, choose a healthy lifestyle and align our thoughts and attitudes with what we believe is the Truth of our being, that God is all powerful and…
Religion, March 2018
The Impact We Have on Others
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Winter is flying by, and spring is right around the corner. And as spring approaches, we should be reminded that it is a time of renewal, a time set aside by the calendar to remind us of those things that are important so that we can discard those things that…