Letters From Ukraine: Living Through the War

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com One of the sisters with whom I live receives occasional letters from an American friend, Rick, and his Ukrainian wife, Ulyana, who live in Lviv, Ukraine. Both are associated with the L’Arche community in their city.  L’Arche is an international network of faith-based communities of disabled and intellectually challenged adults, referred to as... Continue Reading →

A Believable Saint for Everyone to Know

Photo credit: Pixabay.com There is no credible proof of her ancestry nor of the claims that she was a prostitute before meeting Christ. Some, like the writer of the popular streaming series titled, The Chosen, have embellished the theory that her alleged sexual depravity made her vulnerable to possession of the devil. There is no factual, scriptural... Continue Reading →

Summer Reading: May It Flourish

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com I remember clearly the winter’s night my ten-year-old brother was reading a book that stirred in him an empathy I had not seen before. (After all, he was a younger brother!!) We were reading books on our living room floor, a happy night’s entertainment before television entered our lives. Our rural school in... Continue Reading →

Creating the Flourishing Soul

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com College graduation season has just finished, and our enthusiastic, young graduates are out looking for work to jump start the careers for which they trained.  I noticed all the TV ads that wished our grads success.  There were clips of the classes marching into Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance their faces absolutely radiant with joy.  There... Continue Reading →

The Secret to a Good Life

Hmmm.  So, what is the secret of a good life?  Free life on an ocean shore surfing all day?  Having lots of wealth allowing exotic travel, enjoying a massive home in the Hampstead or the coasts in Florida and the Carolinas?  Maybe living part time in Italy or the alcoves of France and European countries?  Hmmm.  Again, what is wealth?  Does it... Continue Reading →

Father’s Day and Baseball

My Dad loved all sports.  That seems to be the quality that most dads have and pass on to their offspring.  Conversational dinners at our house consisted of rehashing whatever seasonal championships were underway, which players were advancing in stats or being exchanged for other players or in a slump.  The scores of games were dissected with the... Continue Reading →

What is Aging and Our Movement Toward God?

So many pundits and revered political commentators have been bemused by the recent polls that show that President Biden is low in the polls—now get this—due to age. They gloss over his achievements and his constant traveling to meet other national leaders on the global scene, some in dire circumstances such as President Volensky of... Continue Reading →

Stuck in the Muck? Let’s Talk

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com Stuck? Feel like you’re coasting in a fog? Bored? Caught in a revolving door? Up to your knees in quicksand or simple mud? Wish you had a better job? A better house? More ‘stuff’ you can’t afford? Going through the motions of attending church but not getting anything out of it?  I... Continue Reading →

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