Today is All Souls Day and yesterday was All Saints Day. I have to admit that until I looked it up this morning I didn’t make the distinction. My fault. However, as I get older these days on the Christian calendar have more significance, especially in this year of Covid where so many have died.…
What’s in Your Way
An old friend and reader of the Pew recommended I read Deep Kindness by Houston Kraft. I have been plowing through the biography of Samuel Johnson along with my book club, so I thought I might give my friend’s recommendation a try as a break. I usually gauge such books as being worthwhile if I find one…
Abound In Hope
May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. — Romans 15:13. Some mornings we begin the day with a feeling of emptiness. We are overwhelmed by life’s situations compounded by Covid, and we want to crawl back…
The Dividing Wall
For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. — Ephesians 2:14. St. Paul is talking about gentiles and jews. I wonder what he would think of us today? The divides are so great between men and…
Let It Die
Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave, it will not make you burst. — Ecclesiasticus 19:10. Sirach admonishes us not to gossip. Can you imagine in these days of social media what would happen if we all followed this advice? There are some benefits to social media I have found. We keep…