Faithful Friday: Saint Gregory Palamas

By Ian Wilson … St. Gregory Palamas was a highly influential saint of the Eastern Church, who is best remembered for advancing and defending the practice of hesychasm, or internal prayer. His life and written works have inspired many through the centuries to draw nearer to God in prayer and in an ascetic life. 

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Cara’s Drive

By Sarah Losardo … Cara dashed tears away from her face with the back of her hand, blinking hard in an attempt to see well enough to drive safely. Her twenty-year-old civic rattled a little at 70 miles per hour, but Cara was pretty sure it wasn’t anything serious. It certainly didn’t matter right now – all that mattered was getting home to Maryland to the side of her mother’s hospital bed.

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Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 7 – Mirror: The Blessed Twin

By Joshua David Ling … Three Knights stood in her room spread out, / One grabbed her mouth from behind. / She tried to fight back as best she could, / But this plan was perfectly designed. / She suddenly felt tired and looked down to see / A needle in her arm.

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Negotiating Toilet Paper

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Dignity, like treaties, can be broken
In many ways…

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No, Halloween Is Not Satanic

By Ian Wilson … If you read the title of this article, you already know the conclusion I’m coming to. Halloween has been celebrated in Western Christianity, particularly in Britain, for hundreds of years.

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So Fast Thou Growest

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Happy children playing in a roadside ditch / Barefoot and laughing in shorts and tees / A boy grabbing up a frog to frighten the girls/ A girl sloshing the boys with a bucket of muck

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Appled Things

By Michael Stalcup … Glory be to God for appled things

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Because They Are Young

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Little children attend the school of Creation: / A stick, a caterpillar upon a leaf / A pine nut spiraling down upon its wing / A yellow butterfly dancing autumn in

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Hobbit Day

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I read that today is Hobbit Day / On the autumn equinox every year…

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In a Better America

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … In a better America this would be the first day of school – / Labor Day is for swimming in the creek / For a sunburn, for a catfish spine in your heel / For sandwiches and sand and ants and fun

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The Rich Man, Lazarus, and Me

By Sarah Levesque Losardo … In the Bible, the rich man seemingly ignored the poor, destitute, starving man at his door. Perhaps he thought himself generous for letting Lazarus even stay there. Or perhaps that is where Lazarus collapsed of hunger. In any case, I find four points of this story particularly interesting.

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August is Unusually Hot – Someone Must be Punished for It

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Having only graduated from high school (I think the quarter-credit for driver’s education put me over the top) I am certainly no climatologist, meteorologist, or vulgar Swedish child, but I am not persuaded of the concept of man-made climate change.

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Doorstopper

By Jeremy Abrahamson … Why am I writing a two thousand page historical romance in a the tiktok generation? Because that is the exact generation that needs it.

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Be Still and Know

By Sarah Levesque Losardo … Since my husband came into my life, I have learned more about love then I dreamed of. As St. John tells us, God IS love, and it has been interesting to see how my relationship with my husband has made me understand more about God.

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Failed Blessings

By Samantha Terrell … I bless you with will and water, but / you thrash and writhe in its small spray.

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Laundry Day – The Solemnity of All Stains

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The washing machine baptizes our busy days: / A shirt freshly stained with this morning’s coffee / Wrinkledy tees in grimy greens and greys / A child’s blue jeans all sticky with toffee

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Spring 2025: Scientists of Faith

Join us as we explore God & Science through Scientists of Faith! So many scientists, so little time, so we’ve limited ourselves to a few historical scientists, two modern scientists, and some other thoughts on how science and faith converge, as well as an extra-large photo contest gallery! Enjoy!

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Make Thee Another Self

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … After the Order of Saint Joseph, all men are fathers / Commanded by God to protect all children / Permitted by God to protect all children / Empowered by God to protect all children

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Holy Smokes: Habemus Papem

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Latins and Sabines may have watched for smoke / From the Vatican Hill across the way / Wondering if a careless shepherd had set a fire / Beyond the Seven Hills of holy Rome

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