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Updated 4 hours, 11 minutes ago

‘78 years of prayers’

EPHRATA – After more than 70 years, Ephrata’s Memorial Christian Church will soon shut down after decades of servi…

Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
Rev. Klockers: A work in progress: What to say when fishing lines get tangled

Mark 4:4-7a, 10 from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible says, "Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him...

Updated 2 years, 12 months ago
Rev. Klockers: In anxious times like these when windmills become giants

Our bodies have a built-in network that is used in times of distress. It is employed when there is a physical threat. However, this can also happen when we fac…

Updated 3 years ago
Rev. Klockers: Making a joyful noise

Psalm 100, from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, says: “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth."

Updated 3 years ago
Rev. Klockers: A lesson from a trio of felines watching their YouTube channel

Romans 14: 19, from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, says, "Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding."

Updated 3 years ago
Rev. Klockers: Is the church a house or a home?

Have you ever shopped for a new house? If so, what were the things you wanted it to have?

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Rev, Klockers: When head-scratching behavior begins to make sense

Matthew 5:43-44 (from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible) says: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Rev. Klockers: God should have made a creative advertisement for the Super Bowl

In Acts 10: 9-16 (using the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible) we read of Peter’s vision:

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Rev. Klockers: Demon possession in the Bible and COVID-19 have some things in common

In the Gospel of Mark, there are two important readings that beg to be compared and contrasted. They are found in the first and fifth chapters of Mark respectively.

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Rev. Klockers: God’s love can move a person from bragging about self to caring for others

Matthew 6:5 from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible says: “And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites;

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Rev. Klockers: One should use just the right measures when talking about being blessed

This is a portion of the story of Moses leading the Israelites in the wilderness after they left Egypt. It is from Exodus 16:13-21...

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Rev. Klockers: Sometimes making a joyful noise involves soft bait and a sharp hook

The Irish were pagan until being Christianized by St. Patrick in the fifth century. When St. Patrick first encountered the Irish, he was likely soon exposed to…

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Rev. Klockers: In the midst of the signs of the times there comes a calling

Matthew 16:1-3 from the New Revised Standard Version says: “The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.…

Updated 3 years, 3 months ago
Local churches welcome Inslee easing worship restrictions

Gov. Jay Inslee’s announcement Monday raising the limits on the number of people who can gather in churches for worship is being welcomed by local religious leaders.

Updated 3 years, 3 months ago
Rev. Klockers: Genesis tells us that even God needed a break from work

Genesis 2:2-4, in the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, says: “And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done...

Updated 3 years, 4 months ago
Rev. Klockers: Can God’s will be discovered through games of chance?

Have you ever played board games?