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8:00 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Missouri author explores connection between pain and morals in new book

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MU alumnus Gavin Hooks, a St. Louis veterinarian, recently wrote a book on spiritual pain from a Christian perspective.

 

When Gavin Hooks' parents divorced, his Christian faith faded.

"I felt like God had left me, or I felt like my faith wasn't sufficient to work through this problem," he said. He didn't stop believe in God, but for about a year, he "dropped out" of his faith walk. 

Eventually, he returned. He'd worked through the issues of his parents' volatile split – or so he thought. 

Fast forward 20 years. Hooks' mother died, and he realized something: He still had deep issues that he hadn't dealt with. 

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Faith/Religion
7:00 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Prayer shawl ministries create comfort and community

 

When you walk into Kathie Jackson’s office at First Presbyterian Church, the first things you see are a huge basket of yarn, and shawls draping every wall. Jackson is the associate pastor, and she helps with the church's prayer shawl ministry.

"Prayer shawls are a tangible way of showing people and helping people be reminded on a daily basis that there are people that they know – and sometimes people that they don’t know – who pray for them daily," she said.

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Faith/Religion
8:00 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Church holds active shooter training

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Columbia Police Department. Two officers recently held an active shooter training day at Alive in Christ Lutheran Church.

 

When Michael Hestir visited Alive in Christ Lutheran Church earlier this month, he wasn't there to worship. He was there to help churchgoers prepare for a possible emergency.

Hestir, a sergeant of the Columbia Police Department, has been going to churches around Boone County for the past five years to raise awareness on church violence and how to act.

In the past decade, America has seen an increase in people coming into church buildings and taking lives.

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5:21 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

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