Religious hospitality and reconciliation across social divides
Clergy discuss how hospitality toward neighbor counters suspicion in modern religious life. The Good Samaritan parable remains relevant as insecurity grows. meditation and community help ease anxiety while preserving faith. Leaders emphasize forgiveness through Christ and bridging social barriers rather than division.
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Good Samaritan
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Gospel Sings LaVerne and Edith Tripp at Du Quoin church
Gospel duo LaVerne and Edith Tripp perform at Christian Fellowship Church Du Quoin at 7 p m Sunday. their TV show was named TV Show of the Decade by the International Christian Country Music Association. Also God Harmony hosts 6:30 p m Sunday at Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church Thompsonville. Top WXAN and WBVN weekly gospel charts list songs and artists from Jan 1 4 with multiple artists and titles.
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LaVerne
Edith Tripp
Christian Fellowship Church
U.S. 51 South
du Quoin
the Tripps
International Christian Country Music Association
Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church
Thompsonville
Red White and Blue Sunday honors law enforcement
An annual service at Trinity Baptist Church on Health Department Road near Illinois 13 West honors local law enforcement for Sept 11 responders and ongoing protection. Certificates will be given to Carbondale Murphysboro police and fire departments Jackson County EMS FBI and FEMA. A ground zero observer will speak along with Mark Rizzo of Freedom Flyer Ministries. Subsequent MLK events include a 4 pm Jan 20 ceremony at Carbondale Civic Center with choir and speaker Rev Bill Sasso.
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Murphysboro
Trinity Baptist Church
Health Department Road
Illinois 13 West
Carbondale
Jackson County
FBI
FEMA
Ground Zero
Mark Rizzo
Chicago
Freedom Flyer Ministries
David Pinkerton
Martin Luther King Jr
Carbondale Civic Center
Rock Hill
Cloistered nuns take the request to heart
In a Prairie du Lac Wisconsin monastery the Valley of Our Lady nuns rise for Matins at 4 a.m. and, cut off from TV, respond to Sept 11 with prayer. They live in silence, read Baraboo News Republic, use pagers and a computer for orders, vote absentee, and keep politics at a distance.
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Valley of Our Lady Monastery
Prairie du Lac
Wis
New York City
Valley of Our Lady
France
Baraboo News Republic
Hannah
Boyer
Prairie du Lac, Wis
Aleydis Johnson
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