The Rev. Marek Zabriskie offers a plan for reading the entire Bible in one year: Most Americans make a New Year’s resolution. The No. 1 resolution is to lose weight. No. 2 is to exercise more. But within three days, most Americans quit their resolution because they have no one to hold them accountable. Why […]
Day: December 27, 2014
Preaching from the heart
The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Kaeton at her blog Telling Secrets, challenges herself to preach without a text or notes in Preaching from the Heart: I’ve tried it, from time to time, over the years. But, I’ve really been attempting serious application of this theory on Sunday and major holidays. Here’s some of the things I’ve learned: […]
Did the Pope issue “blistering critique” of Curia
Dr. Deirdre Good blogging at Not Being a Sausage looks at the English and Italian versions of the Pope’s words to the Curia (administration of the Roman Catholic Church) and finds he really did issue a “blistering critique:” Did the Pope issue a “blistering critique” of the Curia? Yes says RNS writer Josephine McKenna. But Dawn Eden of “Get […]
14 Religious Moments In 2014 Give Us Hope
Huffington Post collects 14 moments in 2014 when religious people offered inspiration and hope: It has been a difficult year around the world with wars, conflicts and disease afflicting far too many people. Religion has too often played an unhelpful or even harmful role. However, throughout the year there have been people of all different religions […]
Speaking to the Soul: Journeys
John 21:9-24 It seems odd to read a post-Easter story so soon after the pre-birth and nativity stories of Jesus. With the feast of St. John, however, we look not at a chronology but rather selected scriptures that speak to, about, or by John whom we believe is the “Beloved Disciple.” It is a familiar […]