Author: Mark Barna
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People need to take extra precautions in sub-zero weather
With temperatures plummeting, Pikes Peak residents should take precautions when driving and venturing outdoors, experts say. Most main highways are clear of snow, but many streets remain slushy or snow-packed, said Cpl. Andrew Baker of the Teller County Sheriff’s Department. “People need to slow down,” he said. Cleared roads can also be deceptive. “The freezing…
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PULPIT: Local Buddhist group celebrates beginnings
About 250 Nichiren Buddhists chanted together on New Year’s Day in the Avanti Ballroom in Colorado Springs. Chant leader Ted Wax knelt in front of a cabinet altar, called the Gohonzon. Within it were writings by the faith’s founder, Nichiren Daishonin, a Japanese monk who lived centuries ago. “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo,” the Buddhists chanted,…
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Haggard starring in TLC documentary this month
Ted Haggard will star in a documentary debuting Jan. 16 on the TLC cable network. “Ted Haggard: Scandalous” documents Haggard’s founding of St. James Church in Colorado Springs last June, its first service in a barn and Haggard’s counseling of congregants. Haggard had no input on the footage used and hasn’t seen the documentary, he said.…
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Gay group causing Focus to question sponsorship role in conference
Focus on the Family and other conservative ministries are boycotting or questioning their commitment to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., next month because a gay advocacy group is cosponsoring the event. Tom Minnery, senior vice president of the Focus lobbying arm CitizenLink, said Tuesday that the February event could be the…
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Catholic churches pay to air ‘truth of abortion’ ads
Beginning Monday, the three network-affiliated TV stations in Colorado Springs will run an anti-abortion ad starring Norma McCorvey, otherwise known as Jane Roe. The ad was created by VirtueMedia, a Catholic ad agency in Roswell, Ga., and funded by churches within the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs. About $18,000 was raised, enabling VirtueMedia to buy…
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PULPIT: Biggest Springs religion blunders in 2010
It’s time to list the three biggest bloopers among Colorado Springs ministries in 2010. Ironically, the judgment errors may have an upside. While they hurt the ministries in the eyes of the general public, the bloopers may have helped garner support from donors. Blooper No. 3 In an October Family Talk newsletter, James Dobson created…
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Workers rush to finish church makeover by Sunday
Workers are hustling this week to transform a cavernous indoor north Colorado Springs concert and trade show venue into a holy sanctuary. The Springs Church bought the Phil Long Expo Center in November and plans to hold its first services there Sunday. On Tuesday, as workers cut metal studs for the sanctuary’s walls, it seemed…
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Springs company rocks the guitar world
Musicians who play guitars with a tremolo bar have to contend with the instrument getting knocked out of tune by the bar’s use. But a Colorado Springs company claims to have solved the problem. Its tremolo products, the Super-Vee and Blade Runner, are raved about by some professional guitarists. The Blade Runner, introduced last June,…
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Springs survivor of Haiti quake talks about ordeal, book
Seconds after the Haiti earthquake struck, Dan Woolley of Colorado Springs wasn’t thinking about the girders and concrete slabs falling around him. His attention last January 12 was on a patch of bright sky seen through a doorway to the hotel’s outside staircase. “Everything stopped for a second, and I saw the hotel’s archway outside…
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Economy, procrastination spur last-minute shopping in the Springs
Colorado Springs stores overflowed with Christmas shoppers Friday as procrastinators and the time-crunched started buying and others rounded out their gift-giving with a few choice purchases.Some shoppers said they had no choice but to wait until the last minute because of financial hardship. Falon Whitson spent Friday at five stores, including a PetSmart, a Wal-Mart…