Tea For Texas
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
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Meditation and Merriment in Early Autumn
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … After summer rains the earth is still green / In the cooling breeze oak leaves dance happily / Old lawn chairs are the humble chairs of poets / Old lawn chairs are the glorious thrones of kings…
Read MoreAutumn 2024 Photo Contest
**Only a few days left!** We are holding a contest for the best picture that encapsulates Autumn. The winning entry will be put on the Table of Contents page of our Autumn issue. Other entries will be displayed on another page.
Read MoreWhat Society Needs Is More Magic Eye
By Cordelia Fitzgerald Have you ever played Magic Eye? You know, those strangely pixelated and patterned pictures that you’re supposed to stare at and cross your eyes and twist your brain until you can’t see the 3D image everyone claims is there? I have. And a good many tries into it, I (sort of) figured […]
Read MoreFaithful Friday – St. Alphonsus Liguori
by Ian Wilson Beloved by the poor and downtrodden, St. Alphonsus Liguori was born in rather privileged circumstances. Born in Naples, Italy in 1696 to a captain in the Royal Navy and a devout mother of aristocratic lineage, Alphonsus was raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. As a youth, he joined the […]
Read MoreFaithful Friday: John Coleridge Patteson
By Sarah Levesque … John Coleridge Patteson traveled Europe, learning many languages, then, inspired by George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, became a missionary to the people of Melanesia – a group of small island countries north of Australia…
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Faithful Friday: St. Helena
St. Helena, born in about 248 AD, was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. Born in apparently humble circumstances, and said to be a Christian at the time of her marriage, she bore her husband Constantus his only son. Shortly thereafter, however, Constantus divorced her to marry the daughter of an ally. The boy, […]
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Henry Muhlenberg
Though he was the forgotten preacher of the First Great Awakening, Henry Muhlenberg left an indelible mark on the Lutheran Church of the United States
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Charles Chapman Grafton
At the age of 21, Grafton was confirmed in the Episcopal Church. Two years later, he graduated from Harvard University with a law degree, but soon recognized his calling to the ministry.
Read MoreA Garden is a Department of Metaphysics
A garden is a Department of Metaphysics
Promethean fire and shadows in a cave of light
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
Faithful Friday: Saint John Bosco
By Ian Wilson John Bosco was perhaps one of the more eccentric saints of the Catholic Church, though can one truly be a saint without being a bit odd? As a young lad in Sardinia (Italy), Bosco saw a performance by a circus troupe and was instantly obsessed. He began training himself in acrobatics and […]
Read MoreThe Tourist Doesn’t Really Believe in Redemption
What if you had the opportunity to completely start over, begin again truly, if I may coin a phrase, unburdened by what has been?
By Monica Murray Durr
Pray, Hope, Don’t Worry
By Cordelia Fitzgerald. In an embarrassing moment, I couldn’t remember if St. Jude was the patron saint of impossible cases or hopeless ones. Nevermind, said I to myself, it all means the same thing. But au contraire, my fickle self, for they are indeed quite different. The Bible is succinct as regards the former: “Because […]
Read MoreSummer 2024: Storytelling
Join us as we explore the True, the Good, and the Beautiful: Storytelling! This issue includes lots of thoughts on storytelling and books, a short biography of C.S. Lewis, and a brand new short story! As ever, there is still Bible Trivia, Controversy Corner and plenty more!
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Pope Stephen I
The 23rd Pope of Rome was born sometime in the third century, AD – no one knows exactly when. Little is known of the details of his life prior to his papacy other than he was born in the city of Rome to ethnically Greek parents. From a young age, he was drawn by God […]
Read MoreHow To Interpret the Bible
By Ian Wilson (G) To begin to interpret the Bible, we must first read and understand it on it’s own terms. We cannot bring our modern, Westernized sensibilities to the text. We cannot bring to the text a meaning which the authors did not intend. We cannot bring modern, textual criticism to the text, the way we […]
Read MoreSummer 2024 Photo Contest
**Only a few days left!** We are holding a contest for the best picture that encapsulates Summer. The winning entry will be put on the Table of Contents page of our Summer issue. Other entries will be displayed on another page.
Read MoreMy Great Replacement Theory
Laurence “Mack in Texas” Hall (G) Teenagers opened the doors for me at MassWhich used to be my job, but they stepped upAnd in stepping up they are replacing meWhich is good – I miss my youth but delight in theirs A boy and a girl giggled and whisperedIn a language I don’t know except […]
Read MoreFor Bob Newhart
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall “He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to Him” -Saint Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons With just a telephone, a clipboard, and a stutter He was a happy band of some of our best friends: May we with him At last approach that […]
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Paul the Apostle
By Ian Wilson (G) The most prolific writer of the New Testament was probably born sometime around 4 BC to a devout Jewish family in Tarsus, present-day Turkey. His story is one of redemption and the incredible grace of God. Nothing is known of his formative years, other than he was trained by Gamaliel, one […]
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