Spirituality in the Ohio Valley Archives

WOMEN IN HISTORY: A Nun’s Life — Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

March 24, 2020

Editor’s note: Of all the forms of spirituality practiced in Wheeling, perhaps the least understood is that of the various orders of nuns who have served in the city since the 1840s. The Sisters of St. Joseph, ...

HIDDEN GEMS: Inner Sanctums of Peace, History and Beauty

Nora Edinger

February 18, 2020

Editor’s note: This is the second in an ongoing series of stories about beautiful spaces in Wheeling that are rarely seen. Today’s post features two tiny chapels, one located inside the city’s oldest standing c...

HIDDEN GEMS: A Tale of Two Chapels

Nora Edinger

December 23, 2019

Editor’s note: Today’s post on two gem-like chapels launches a new occasional series on lovely but lesser-known facets of Wheeling’s architectural heritage. You’ve driven past them. One tiny chapel on Nation...

Soul Is the Goal for Church Christmas Programs

Nora Edinger

December 4, 2019

Did you ever wear angel wings constructed out of wire coat hangers and tinsel? Or was it a shepherd’s costume that involved the most discreetly patterned bathrobe in the house, a pillowcase, and some rope? ...

Bishop Mark E. Brennan: ‘The Only Way to Overcome Evil Is With Good’

Nora Edinger

September 3, 2019

Editor’s note: Today’s post — part of an ongoing Weelunk series on Spirituality in the Ohio Valley — features a candid interview with Bishop Mark E. Brennan, newly installed leader of the Wheeling-Charleston Di...

Vineyard at 40: Still a ‘Rock and Roll Church’

Nora Edinger

August 23, 2019

The naked ladies were a bit of a stretch, but if there were ever a church that could cope with Art Nouveau statues in its “sanctuary,” the Vineyard would be it. “We Photoshopped Hawaiian shirts on them,” lea...

Jewish Community Celebrates 170 Years of Worship

Christina Fisanick

July 31, 2019

Following the second wave of Jewish migration to the United States during the 1840s-80s, the early Jewish community in West Virginia was comprised mainly of German and other central European Immigrants. German ...

Palms Herald Holy Week

Nora Edinger

April 12, 2019

Editor’s note: In a continuing series on how the Ohio Valley expresses its spirituality, today’s post is the story behind area churches’ celebration of the start to the Christian Holy Week. Palm Sunday commemor...

Lent: A Time for Renewal

Nora Edinger

March 6, 2019

Editor’s note: The Lenten/Easter season looms large in the Christian calendar. In today’s feature on Spirituality in the Ohio Valley, the rector of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church shares his thoughts on getting ...

In With the Old: Ancient Liturgy Key to Orthodox Worship

Nora Edinger

February 6, 2019

Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling residents express spirituality, today’s post features Orthodoxy, an ancient form of Christianity whose worship has remained virtually unchanged sinc...

Driven to Action: Fighting Addiction and More Through Prayer

Nora Edinger

January 23, 2019

Editor’s note: In a continuing series about how valley residents express their spirituality, Weelunk hit the road with a trio of New Martinsville residents who consider the opioid epidemic a soul battle worthy ...

Couple Trades Big Pay for Big Blessings

Nora Edinger

December 11, 2018

Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling residents express their spirituality, today’s post features a young couple who are going against the cultural flow. Matt and Amanda Cummins are trad...

Iafrate Fighting for a Better Church

Nora Edinger

November 29, 2018

Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Ohio Valley residents express their spirituality, Weelunk recently visited with a Wheeling man whose spiritual/social-justice calling includes bringing even ...

Comfort Keeps Pouring In for Jewish Community

Nora Edinger

November 3, 2018

“It’s been something,” said Rabbi Joshua Lief. He was actually sitting down for a brief moment at the end of a week that included the shock of a deadly shooting at a nearby synagogue, an interfaith memorial for...

Hogan’s Spirituality Meanders Along an Eclectic Path

Nora Edinger

October 26, 2018

Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling residents express spirituality, today’s post features an area man who — like a growing number of Americans — embraces a mix of faith traditions. ...

‘The Calling’ Keeps Him Alive

Nora Edinger

September 19, 2018

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Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling residents express spirituality, today’s post features a ministry that is the polar opposite of America’s mega-church trend. This pastor has a congre...

House of Hagar Sees Christ in Each of Us

Ellen Brafford McCroskey

August 21, 2018

“I call them ‘transients,’ but you call them ‘friends.’ And we’re talking about the same people.” Kate Marshall, who operates the House of Hagar-Catholic Worker in East Wheeling, heard these words recently f...

Wheeling Roots Bring Rabbi Lief Back to Temple Shalom

Nora Edinger

June 15, 2018

There might be easier places to be a Jew. There might be easier places to be a rabbi. But, none of them has quite the feeling of home that Wheeling, W.Va., does, according to Joshua Lief, rabbi of Temple Shalom...

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