2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (193+ words) An arrangement at the Alex Pretti memorial Singing for Our Neighbors All members of the community are invited to join "Singing for Our Neighbors," a community sing-along for unity and healing, at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Community Presbyterian Church in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (492+ words) Bring your stories of love on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Itasca Unitarian Chapel. We're not talking just romantic love (though share these, too!); there are so many varieties of love people experience and witness. Love is at the center of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (198+ words) Songs of Peace and Justice at Itasca Unitarian Fellowship'grandrapidsmn.com 1, Wayne Leeds and Laurie Antonson will present a music program entitled "We Shall Overcome" featuring a variety of protest songs from the 60s and 70s Protest songs continue to function as powerful…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (346+ words) On Sunday, January 25, the Unitarian book group will present on Kazu Haga's "Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through Crisis." Former Buddhist monk and longtime political organizer Haga explores how trauma underlies much social injustice and complicates our responses to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (537+ words) With regard to the first paragraph: anybody "using" Christian theology as if it were some sort of tool is not a Christian. They are what Paul would call "false brothers". The heart of Christianity is that Jesus is Lord. We…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (448+ words) Throughout US history, Christian theology has been used to justify moral policies, such as the abolition of slavery, but at the same time used to justify slavery. It has been used for good but also to support unconscionable policies. Today,…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (245+ words) GRACE House of Itasca County recently received a grant from the Diocese of Duluth, Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl grant program. The funding for this grant comes directly from Catholic parishioners in the Diocese of Duluth who participate in the…...