An Encouraging Word – Getting beyond our anger
byWrath and anger are hateful things, yet a sinner hugs them tight. Sirach 27:30 Is the world filling up with angry people or am…
Editorials & Commentary
Teaching Our Faith – Sin, forgiveness and mercy
byThis series of teaching editorials will cover topics related to mercy as we celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy from December of 2015 to…
Hope in the Lord — How to be a good and faithful citizen
byDuring these days of presidential election primaries, the media is filled with information. We hear talk about politics, often in raw and polarizing forms,…
An Encouraging Word – The heart of the matter
byAll that matters is that one is being created anew. Galatians 6:15 When I was a kid growing up down in Meade County, Ky.,…
A Time to Speak — A View from the Pew
byBy Margee Joseph When my husband Eddie and I retired, we imagined ourselves having time on our hands with nothing to do if we…
Teaching Our Faith – Merciful like the Father
byThis series of teaching editorials will cover topics related to mercy as we celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy from December of 2015 to…
An Encouraging Word – We’ve got it good
byThey shall bear fruit even in old age. Psalm 92:15 When this column appears, I will be ending my third trip as a volunteer…
A Time to Speak – Israeli-Palestinian situation ‘unstustainable’
byOn Jan. 20, Bishop Oscar Cantú from the diocese of Las Cruces, N.M., wrote in a letter addressed to National Security Advisor Susan Rice,…
Hope in the Lord — A cardboard Rice Bowl and family spirituality
byWhen I read letters from those preparing for Confirmation (the majority of whom are in eighth grade), I always look at what they say…
An Encouraging Word — A little too bright
byI was like a trusting lamb, not knowing they were hatching plots against me. Jeremiah 11:19 I read a long time ago that “the…