For All the Saints
What sparked my interest in Church of the Saviour was a 1963 article by Elizabeth O’Connor in Faith at Work magazine titled “What We Need is More Saints!” I had never thought of ordinary people as saints. Far from it. All the people I knew were sinners of one magnitude or another. But saints, she said, […]
In Praise of Shouting
One of my earliest memories took place when I was in kindergarten. We sat in our little chairs around hexagonal tables, gripping fat crayons in our tiny hands as we colored. I was happily working away at my drawing when the boy sitting next to me stole some of my crayons. (In my memory, they […]
Bearing the Pain
“Maryam” by Eman Harman – from the permanent collection of Dar Al Kalima University, Bethlehem Over the past few days, I listened to a podcast of painful interviews with some of the Israelis who had been held hostage in Gaza. The front page of the newspaper carried heartbreaking photos of Palestinians who have lost homes […]
Counting Our Days
Autumn is upon us. Earth’s invitation is to harvest the final fruits of summer’s bounty, give thanks, and then let go into the mystery of dying. We are invited to take stock of our lives. What are our priorities? What of our bounty might we be called to share? How does the mystery of death […]
