Living in the Valleys!
This weekend’s story of the Transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9:28-36) is the biblical equivalent of a movie night out. We get to see previews of movies yet to be released. The Transfiguration is…
granddad and granny passed awaythey died on the same dayat the same hourat the same moment —people said, they died of old age their hen met its endand so did…
In his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker says that so many of the fears that we grapple with – the fear of rejection, abandonment, failure, separation,…
As Ukraine combats the Russian invasion, and civilians in the country fight for their lives, the devastating impact of war becomes evident. Ballad of Bawling Babiesis a poem on war and…
“The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts in him and he helps me.” Psalm 28:7. Rabbi Harold Kushner reflects on this strength. "I have seen weak people…
When you clean your weaponWhen time and again, you clean your weaponWhen you rub strong-smelling oils into your weaponAnd shield it from the rain with your own bodyWhen you swaddle…
In 2019 eight minor British celebrities put on their rucksacks and walking boots and spent 15 days walking the ancient Via Francigena on a pilgrimage from the Swiss-Italian border to…
Here are some suggestions of what you might “give up” for Lent -- * Give up grumbling! Instead, "In everything give thanks." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Constructive criticism is all right, but…
A priest who was working in an inner city parish walked down the street one evening on his way home. A young man came out from the alley behind him…