New winemakers find strong support in South Valley
Santa Clara Valley has everything it needs to become the next big wine area in California: the grapes, the winemakers and most importantly people who love wine and the California wine lifestyle,” says winemaker Jeffrey Fadness of La Vie Dansante Wines via email.
Gilroy church approaches Bible in novel way
The Rev. Malcolm MacPhail, lead pastor of Gilroy’s New Hope Community Church (8886 Muraoka Drive) has noticed a troubling new phenomenon. When he talks with people in places like Starbucks, they seem to have less and less familiarity with the notable people or events from the Bible. Even Christians seem to have meager knowledge of this foundation of their faith.
WEAVER: There will be no missing this ghost anymore
To deafening screams of adulation and applause, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, anchored his on the ropes, arms raised with a green belt in his left hand, crowned champion once more. The stage was his, and he owned it.
San Miguel de Allende a safe, scenic alternative to the ‘Mexico of CNN’
Take a walk with me up a narrow cobbled street hemmed in by centuries-old masonry walls with massive carved wooden doors and sculpted trim around the windows. At the top of the hill, we reach the town square bustling with locals chatting on benches. Just across the plaza is a 450-year-old church with gothic arches reaching up toward heaven. Inside the church, we walk beneath an awesome succession of altars trimmed in gold leaf and decorated with a gaudy array of carvings and paintings.
Church offers welcome to all
The traditional understanding of the Bible is hostile to homosexuality. Passages in the Old Testament, like the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) and Leviticus 18:22 come to mind. And although Jesus didn’t address the topic directly, St. Paul condemned the practice in his letter to the Romans.
