The United Nations recently released a report on “Child-Well Being in Rich Countries.” Of the 29 countries surveyed, the United States was ranked 26th. The report is here. It comes on the heels of a Pew Study which found that although they lived in the world’s richest economy, 24 percent of Americans had trouble putting […]
Day: May 25, 2013
Taizé on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
The outdoor, four-day event is part of the “pilgrimage of trust across the earth” that the Taize community began more than 30 years ago that has taken the brothers and their unique prayer around the world — to Rwanda, to Rome and now to Red Shirt — to encourage peace and reconciliation among all people.
New reality show: Divine Intervention
Christianity and liberty
Earlier this week, the Council of European Episcopal Conference and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople met to commemorate Edict of Milan of 313.
A fish story
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will […]
Part 1: Traveling across my life to Iona
by Donald Schell Quite early this morning I boarded the train at Stonehaven (near Aberdeen) crossing Scotland East to West to Glasgow. In Glasgow I’ll catch another train to travel up the coast to Oban. From Oban, I’ll take the ferry to Mull, then board a bus for Fionnphort where the day’s last ferry to […]
