In the language of flowers paperwhite daffodils symbolize forgiveness I have found that many Christians as disciples of Jesus are not as well acquainted with his teaching and example as one would think that they might be. While it is tempting to blame pastors—“They are not teaching what Jesus taught
“So pardon me for stumbling, I’m young and this is humbling And growth is rarely comfortable for me.” How many of us feel like we’re constantly falling short? The Road to Hope and Peace recently shared “Human,” an original composition from their music team that highlights the inadequacies we all
February 11: Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick. These two commemorations have coincided for thirty years now. In 1992 Pope John Paul II chose the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes to be World Day of the Sick. He made his reason for
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. God’s ways are not our ways. God’s thoughts are not our thoughts. The Scripture reading for this Sunday is Luke 6: 17-26 Happiness and Sorrow. The homily is
Even if you’ve never been to an Outback Steakhouse (confession: I have not), you know what a bloom’ onion is, and you know it’s delicious. The onion is cut all down the sides, while keeping the bottom intact, breaded and deep fried, allowing all those individual little onion”petals” to get
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. As Troop Chaplain I accompanied my grandnephew’s Boy Scout Troop on several campouts. On one occasion I got to visit an archery range and try my hand at
Cover image: Queen Liliuokalani. To read more from Daniel, visit his blog: Sic Et Non. Understandably, for most tourists visiting Hawaii, its beaches, palm trees, gentle tropical breezes, romantic music, and beautiful sunsets that draw them. “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean,” Mark Twain called
It’s probably a given that most of us would like to avoid death — not only because we enjoy life, but because we worry that dying itself will be painful. The rabbis worried about that too. On today’s daf we read two descriptions of what death might feel like, and