On Tuesdays, we pray for the United States, one state at a time. This week we lift in prayer the state of Colorado. Did you know that Katharine Lee Bates once wrote a poem called “Pikes Peak,” inspired by the majestic mountains of Colorado? Of course, we know the song by its title, “America the…
The floodwaters that plagued Colorado in mid-September have been receding, but they left plenty of damage in their wake. Mud, muck and mire were but a few of the remnants left behind by days of torrential rainfall. The flooding destroyed homes, business and roads, led to evacuations throughout the affected areas in Colorado and altered…
Severe widespread flooding in Colorado – labeled “Biblical” by many members of the secular media – has accounted for the deaths of at least eight people and left hundreds of others unaccounted for after more than a week of substantial rainfall through the Rocky Mountains. The heavy rainfall has been so rampant and destructive that…
Six months after deciding to seek dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA), the session of a Colorado church has withdrawn the request. The session of First Presbyterian Church of Fort Collins – the second largest congregation in the Plains and Peaks Presbytery behind First Presbyterian Church of Boulder – withdrew its request for dismissal on…