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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Dear Will, / About your obsession with mortality: / Transitions and death are essentials in life / And we must face the obsequies of ashes or earth / But there are other topics upon which to write
By Amanda Pizzolatto … “When is anyone going to be able to read on St. George’s Day?” Porter laughed. “Oh, we just give the books on St. George’s Day, we don’t start reading until we’ve finished cleaning the next day. It’s why we get that day off.”
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The seasons pass and footsteps pass, leaves fall / But nothing changes for those frozen in place / By the decrees of stasis and stagnancy / Progress blocked by torpidity and time
By Jordan Ellis Christensen … In the netherness of my person / A fine instrument I do possess. / From which trumpets fine tonal arson. / Such odorous notes I oft obsess.
By Amanda Pizzolatto … Hush little darling, don’t say a word
I will tell you about the Mother of our Lord / And how one day a great angel came / Surprising her by calling her by name…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … We know where the Holy Grail is / Each Sunday we see it on the Altar / As a cup, indifferent in its origins / In the catalogue of a church supply…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … When I was a child I read without discipline: / Robert A. Heinlein, Robin Hood, cowboy yarns / Pirates raiding across the Spanish Main / Penrod and Sam, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … A birthday is not the beginning of something new / But rather part of a continuing story / From its Prologue and its Chapter One / Through the dark leaves of Mirkwood and beyond
By Ian Wilson What is known about St. Valentine is scant and open to conjecture, shrouded in legend. It is difficult to separate fact from fable, to the point that in 1969, the Roman Catholic Church removed Valentine from their official calendar due to lack of evidence for his existence. Valentine may not even have […]