Reflections on a Birthday
So here it is another anniversary of the day of my birth. As a child these days used to be very important but as I get older, and they seem to come faster, the...
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IOCC Responds to Victims of Flood Ravaged Midwest
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Rivers across the Midwest are surging over their banks, flooding cities and sweeping away summer crops as they fail to contain record sum...
Book Review ~ Was America Founded as a Christian Nation
This book came to my attention when I started following the blog of the Author John Fea. This is a topic that has intrigued me over the years and most recently...
It’s not about the Woman
Tonight we restarted our weekly Bible Study after a break for Easter. We have been working our way through the Gospel of John, one of my favorite books of the ...
Summer Challenge: Local Sites
Local historian Elizabeth Covart has posted a challenge to visit local historical sites, museums or other local experiences that you have been putting off visit...
What Blinds Us?
We are approaching the end of the Easter season in the Orthodox Church and the last few weeks the Scripture lessons have been focused on the healing power of Ch...
Thousands of American military graves lie forgotten and lost abroad
We don’t know how many Americans who died while serving during wartime are buried on foreign soil. Why? For one, there isn’t a single organization that tracks t...
Boston Garden of Flags
At the base of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on The Boston Common is a memorial to the 37,000 residents of Massachusetts who gave their lives in all of the ...
Patriarch Bartholomew’s Homily in Jersualem
“Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay....
Pope Francis’ Homily in Jerusalem
[Remarks as prepared for delivery] In this Basilica, which all Christians regard with the deepest veneration, my pilgrimage in the company of my beloved brother...