Faith

From Where I Sit: Happy birthday to this great country

And so the grand experiment now celebrates its 236th birthday today. Surely those individuals who first molded this new country together had no idea how America would develop. Yet ...

From Where I Sit: Things are going green in the garden

And just like that, 2012 is halfway over. The talk around these parts this week has been the cool spell that that suddenly has us thinking spring has returned. I checked my diary a ...

From Where I Sit: Time to shake things up with a new title

Someone once remarked that ?life is a series of movements form one chair to another.? Think about it. There is some truth to that statement. Many of you who read these words are i ...

A Word to the Wise: Anyone up for a game of hide and seek?

So here is June and here comes summer, ready or not. We have been blessed with a mild and pleasant spring so far. I have family and friends in Phoenix, Oklahoma and the east coast. ...

Rolling Hills pastor retiring from church he founded in El Dorado Hills

By Penne Usher Telegraph Correspondent The congregation of 92 used to meet in the multi-purpose room at Oak Ridge High School, now there are more than 2,000 members on any given Su ...

A Word to the Wise: We live in a wonderful world

It?s been quite the thoughtful day on at least three accounts. First our church had a picnic at the park. More than 100 people gathered together to sing, pray, hear the Bible, eat ...

A Word to the Wise: A prayer God will always answer with a "yes"

Although the philosopher Kierkegaard defined prayer in one word as ?listening,? we also think of prayer as talking to God. We can see similarities between prayer and a child asking ...

A Word to the Wise: Step back and see God's big plan

Have you ever checked out Google Earth? It is so cool. You can zoom out to a view of earth from space, and then zoom in as far as you want to, even to the house where you live or t ...

A Word to the Wise: Nothing, even computers, lasts forever

I am having trouble with two of my devices — my iPod and laptop. The iPod will not turn off and now the laptop doesn’t even recognize the iPod. It still plays for four hours, a ...

Jewish faith offering family oriented services in El Dorado County

The congregation of the Temple Kol Shalom has been in El Dorado Hills for seven years and although it has no permanent home, it strives to have a presence in the community. Brenda ...