In Paul’s letter to the Galatians (5:16-18,22-23) he writes: Let yourselves be guided by the Spirit, for the fruit of the Spirit is: Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Generosity Faithfulness Gentleness Self-control Looking at your own set of bullet points today, and reading Paul’s list above, which of these points are missing from your life? ...
When we offer up prayers and meditations for our military personnel and their leaders, the best place to turn our thoughts is not to their work, not to the campaigns they have underway, and not to the success of our troops of the failure of “theirs.” Such things are best left to others above and ...
I don’t think I’ve added a benediction here since the Fourfold Franciscan Blessing that got quite a bit of readership and comment as to the origin of the prayer. (I’m not totally convinced who wrote it yet, and that seems immaterial in that I just like it!) A benediction is a very simple prayer at ...
I was following, almost as a tangent last week, the story of the latest convocation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in their decision to put off a decision on same-gender couple marriages for another two years of study (no big surprise there: large denominations tend to make canonical change at glacier speeds.) What was most ...
Thus, on the Feast day of St. Stephen (today in the Christian calendar), King Wenceslas looked out his window to see the poor man trying to find sticks and twigs, amongst the winter snow.
