Tag: Faith and Values
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Sarah’s Home near Colorado Springs offers healing place for teen sex trafficking victims
Every year, tens or even hundreds of thousands of Americans are trafficked and exploited, with many sold for sex. It’s a multibillion-dollar criminal industry, second only to the trade in illegal drugs. For teen girls who are forced to appear in porn films, work in illicit massage parlors or serve as prostitutes in hotels and…
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Following the Way of St. James: Gazette reporter makes Camino de Santiago pilgrimage
Editor’s note: Gazette reporter Debbie Kelley traveled this month to Spain with some of her family members as part of a local group that undertook a pilgrimage known as Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James. This is her account of the adventure. Making it to the finish line looks more like a…
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Colorado Springs company helps nation’s churches reach their communities
Jesus told his followers to share his teaching and make disciples. A Colorado Springs-based for-profit company helps them do it. There are more than 300,000 evangelical churches in the country, and Outreach Inc. says it works with nearly one fifth of them every year. “We are a church media and marketing company that helps churches…
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MOPS changes name to MomCo but focus on mothers remains
In 1973, eight women at Trinity Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge decided they needed a couple of hours of fun to balance the demands of motherhood. They arranged for someone to watch their kids while they talked, laughed, ate, enjoyed a craft demonstration and closed with a Christian devotional. The idea that moms need community,…
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Popular Christian singer Lauren Daigle set for summer date in Colorado Springs
christian music superstar Lauren Daigle is returning to the music scene with an undeniable enthusiasm for her self-titled album and for being able to tour. But more than that, she’s diving back into music with a whole new perspective on her life and the place her career occupies within it. “I’ve got probably the healthiest…
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New Colorado Springs faith-based arts collective brings dance, visual arts, gospel to community spaces
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dance is a language unto itself. It can express emotions and ideas, and for Cheri Orr it’s also a way to connect with God and to help others connect with God. She and her husband, artist Kristopher Orr, are the co-founders of Jubilee Arts Collective,…
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Colorado Springs ministries host hundreds of thousands of guests each year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Navigators make a bold claim about Glen Eyrie, calling their historic home “the most awe-inspiring location in Colorado Springs.” Every year, about 60,000 people visit the Glen, near Garden of the Gods, for its “soul-stirring views,” photograph its herd of bighorn sheep and flock…
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Colorado Springs ministries host hundreds of thousands of guests each year
The Navigators make a bold claim about Glen Eyrie, calling their historic home “the most awe-inspiring location in Colorado Springs.” Every year, about 60,000 people visit the Glen, near Garden of the Gods, for its “soul-stirring views,” photograph its herd of bighorn sheep and flock of wild turkeys, go to its bookstore and coffee shop,…
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SoulCore classes combine prayer, strengthening in Colorado Springs
Prayer does not always have to be on bent knee, hands clasped at your heart. Prayer can also look like pushups. Soft music plays as half a dozen women gather inside the parish office building at Divine Redeemer Catholic Church. They remove their shoes and unfurl their yoga mats in a circle around a few…
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Religious and spiritual events happening in the Pikes Peak region this month
In March, the Pikes Peak region will offer five public performances from popular authors, artists and performers who make religion and spirituality accessible to the masses. • Jordan Peterson — Monday, Pikes Peak Center The popular Canadian psychologist, author, YouTube star,and podcaster — who has become famous for philosophizing on the purpose of life, manhood,…