By Rick Wolcott* Jai mashi is a Nepali phrase that means “victory in Christ. On Sunday, February 4, the Nepali-speaking Bhutanese Christian congregation of Refugee International Fellowship and the congregation of Grandview United Methodist Church (Canal District) celebrated their victory in Christ together during a joint worship service. Pastor Santa Gajmere and the Refugee International [...]
Photo: 20th Century Fox Film Movie Review by Rev. Bruce Batchelor-Glader Never judge a musical by its title or its opening number. The Greatest Showman was certainly not P. T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), who was more of a huckster in real life than the man depicted onscreen. The first song is rather underwhelming, featuring a [...]
By Rev. Bruce Batchelor-Glader Photo: NEON While older adults will remember the scandal of the 1994 U. S. Figure Skating Championship when skater Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver) was injured in an attack eventually connected with skater Tonya Harding (Robbie) and her husband Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), these events will be news to a younger audience who [...]
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