Alaskans aim to fill Anchorage library as part of national move to combat leftist dogma
In an effort to encourage faith-based and family-friendly content at community libraries across the nation, an Alaska organization has booked the Loussac Library for a virtue-based children’s story hour in Anchorage. Inspired as a reaction against Drag
Traditional tent revival looks to inspire Alaska Christians to ‘stand their ground’
A weeklong, interdenominational tent revival is underway in the Mat-Su with nightly worship, prayer and preaching from a slate of local and national leaders. Hosted by the Valley Pastors Prayer Network, the gatherings occur each evening, through July 30.
Pope Francis taps decorated military chaplain as next bishop of Fairbanks
Pope Francis has named Dominican order priest Father Steven Maekawa as the next bishop of the vast Fairbanks Diocese in Northern Alaska. Father Maekawa most recently served a pastor of Holy Family Old Cathedral in Anchorage, where he has been stationed since
Anchorage pro-lifers invited to 40-minute vigil to mark one-year anniversary of Roe’s demise
Anchorage pro-life advocates are invited to 40-minute prayer vigil on June 24 to mark the one year anniversary of Roe's
Hundreds of Soldotna residents ‘march for Jesus’ in public affirmation of faith
Hundreds of Soldotna residents took part in a June 4 ‘March for Jesus’ to publicly affirm faith in
Catholics march through Alaska cities to bring Christ ‘into the streets’
In an effort to publicly affirm that Jesus Christ is Lord over all of human existence, Catholics from around Alaska have embraced a centuries-old tradition of marching down main streets and along busy highways to mark the feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for
Virtue-based story hour provides alternative to all-ages drag queen event in Wasilla
When a left-leaning Mat-Su bookstore hosts a June 10 “all ages” story hour featuring a cross-dressing drag queen, a new faith-based group will host a story hour on the same day, which looks to inspire children to seek truth, goodness, beauty and virtue.
OPINION: Despite ‘embarrassing’ launch, Alaska’s new Office of Family Life has great potential
Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying that “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” It’s a tidy statement and can, in many cases, be used as an effective guidepost when we’re in
Are hot-button social issues just distractions?
A local conservative talk show host recently claimed that focusing on hot-button social and moral issues, such as personal pronouns and sexual identities, is merely a distraction from far more important challenges like national security, the southern
Fairbanks church conference to address abortion, transgenderism, social media, porn
Amid the unleashing of LGBTQ Pride Month in Fairbanks this June, a local church aims to equip area residents with foundational and unchanging moral truths. Hosted by Chena Small Tracks Church of Christ, “Moral Truth in an Immoral Age,” is a five-day
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