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 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 25, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) A child pleads: “Dessert comes after dinner, so if you give me ice cream for snack, it doesn’t count.” Which is not so different from: “I eat dark chocolate and drink red wine daily because it’s good for the heart.” Innocuous examples,...
by afladmin | Jun 17, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) Eric Whitacre’s virtual choirs are YouTube sensations. His last project comprised 5,905 discrete voices from 101 countries digitally mastered into symphonic grandeur. Sometimes it feels as if we have as many voices speaking into our...
