
September Bears, Grief and Hope, and the Power of Art
To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, my church hosted two special performances of the play September Bears, written and directed by Jeff Barker. The
To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, my church hosted two special performances of the play September Bears, written and directed by Jeff Barker. The
A few weeks ago I wrote about how my hope had gotten lost in the physical and how I needed a new narrative. This week
When we face a seemingly intractable challenge, where do we turn? To the Bible first of all, as faithful Christians, where we find not just
My mom started keeping a daily diary on her 13th birthday in 1963. Aside from a gap in the mid-70s, she kept her diary going
“Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside
Living in a culture that praises consumption, it is difficult to recognize the pressure of materialism and the emptiness of spending. In 1882, Ellen Sardy,
About a year ago, I read Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses. In the fourth century text, Gregory provides both a historical account and an
Earlier this year, I wrote about the Season of Creation, a recently established ecumenical initiative now celebrated worldwide, especially in Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.
Her apparel suggested a sect I didn’t recognize. Her husband wore a great bushy beard. He appeared to be a man not afraid of work—farming
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