February 25, 2025 One of Emily Dickinson’s most brooding poems, “There’s a certain Slant of light,” talks about grief and death and transformation. All these thoughts were evoked by the light on a winter afternoon. She describes the feeling as despair, associated with...
February 24, 2025 “O God, Almighty Father, our lives are often fragile and vulnerable to the tragic moments of evil and sorrow that can happen in our world. It can be so difficult to find You in the darkness when everything seems to be moving in the wrong direction....
February 23, 2025 “Who knows where the time goes?”— Judy Collins Living In “Ordinary Time” By Brian D. Wallace My father was never late a day in his life. In fact, on the day he died, he passed away at 5 a.m., the usual time he got ready for work during his...
February 22, 2025 “Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn ‘small stuff’ into really ‘big stuff’ in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person, you must understand...
February 21, 2025 A Prayer for Our Beloved Deceased I give them back to You, O Lord, Who first gave them to me, and as You did not lose them in the giving, so do I not lose them in the return. And while You prepare a place for us, As You have promised, prepare me also...
February 20, 2025 We Never Walk Alone The time comes when thosewhom we have lovedthe longest and the bestwill travel far aheadinto a place of joy and rest…And we must walk a lonely paththrough shadows for a while,without a certain kindred voice,a dear, familiar...