Five Myths about Worry
What are you worried about? Notice, my question assumes you are worried about something. Maybe it’s something big and important. Or maybe it’s something small and insignificant. Maybe you worry a lot. Or perhaps you worry hardly at all, yet you still have this uneasy feeling about something…
Happy 25th Birthday, Hubble Telescope!
On April 24, 1990 the Hubble Telescope was launched into orbit by NASA aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Named after Edwin Hubble (a renowned American astronomer), this amazing telescope has transformed what we know about outer space. Since it began orbiting the earth, it has continuously sent back pictures of our universe that can only be described as awesome! (more…)
April is National Poetry Month
April is national poetry month in the U.S. Started in 1996, it is (according to my local library) “the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.” (more…)
Mychal Judge: Franciscan, Priest, First Responder
Picture this: a tall fire ladder swaying in the wind with a man perched on top. He clings to the ladder with one hand, and clutches his brown Franciscan habit with the other. He is talking to a man in an open window who is pointing a gun to his wife’s head. She holds their baby. We don’t know what the priest said to the man, but the man eventually drops the gun. No lives were lost there that day thanks to the daring and compassionate priest.
(Much of my information for this reflection is from Kathy Coffey’s new book, When the Saints Came Marching In: Exploring the Frontiers of Grace in America, published by Liturgical Press.) (more…)
Easter Quotations
Happy Easter! My gift for you today are these quotations for Easter. All of them, I believe, give some insight into the great Feast we are celebrating. (more…)
