Tomorrow is Resurrection Day, more commonly known as Easter Sunday. That is a glorious day for many reasons, but there is one reason in particular. Jesus is the reason for the season. For many of us, on Easter we celebrate the third day after Jesus was brutally killed, when he did something that he had promised he would do.  According to the gospel as related by Luke, Jesus told his disciples, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about

It is amazing how many signs of God’s blessings are available to us. Every day we experience miracles, if we only pay attention to recognize them.  Yesterday I was driving away from a visit to the Madera post office. As I was making a turn, out of the corner of my eye I saw a cross. My mind told me it was one of those ornamental crosses like some people put in their yards to designate their faith in Christ.  The “cross” I saw seemed to be in an odd place. It was against the s

For the fifth consecutive year, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and Madera United Methodist Church will offer a sung Good Friday service at noon on April 3. This service brings many who travel from Fresno and farther to experience this traditional Good Friday worship. This chanted and sung service uses music and prayers that are many centuries old. Fully half of the one-hour service is the chanted Passion according to John, proclaiming the passion narrative of Jesus, chapters 1

Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune File Photo His Little Feet’s Performance will be held at Valley West Christian Center, 101 W. Adell Street, on Wednesday, beginning at 6 p.m. Valley West Christian Center welcomes His Little Feet International Children’s Choir, again. The 21 children that make up this current choir come from Kenya, Uganda and India. This choir is directed by Mike and Christa Hahn, who have visited Valley West Christian Center before, and after an almost decade

Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune The Madera community attends the annual Madera Prayer Breakfast at Hatfield Hall on Thursday, May 1. The...

Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune File Photo About 300 attendees observe the National Day of Prayer at Hatfield Hall during last year’s...

The relic of Saint Jude Thaddeus is the arm of Saint Jude, removed from his tomb and placed in a wooden box carved in the shape of a...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo John Yakligian. It was Feb. 4, 1976, when the earthquake struck in Guatemala, killing...