by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Cathie P. Young I was raised in a church that took teaching children very seriously. Making sure the youngest among us knew the stories of the Bible was a high priority. I have memories as a very little girl of learning of a man named Nicodemus who came...
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Cathie P. Young Love is the most potent force in this world and in all of creation. Paul teaches us in 1 Corinthians 13 that of the three greatest things – faith, hope, and love – only love will remain forever. Love is above all. And...
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) I have been reading an interesting book of late, an apocalypse written by Michael O’Brien (Father Elijah, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1996). The following exchange, between a Catholic priest and an agnostic woman, a lawyer, struck me....
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) Next to air, water is critical to human survival. In the Western world, unless a drought makes us conscious of our water consumption, we think little of it, save when paying bills. Clean water flows from every faucet, water for bathing,...
by afladmin | Jun 30, 2025
By: Deacon Jim Brandmueller Today’s Gospel reading provides us with very clear guidance and a message of eternal hope – for we are instructed by Jesus to keep the Lord’s Commandments, and we are assured that we have Him as our advocate. He made the ultimate...
