Year: 2013

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year—begins today, September 4, at sundown. It marks the start of the High Holy Days, a ten-day period of penitence and

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Are the rich stingier?

“In just about every way you can study it, our lower-class individuals volunteer more, they give more of their resources — they’re more generous,” he said. Keltner is not claiming the poor give more than the rich in absolute terms. Wealthy philanthropists give away millions of dollars.

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Gifted and Talented

Wednesday, September 4, 2013 — Week of Proper 17, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

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“Thanks for thinking about my soul…”

…or my middle-school-aged daughter feeling like she has to become a Christian because the other kids at lunch tell her she’s going to hell if she doesn’t. Do you have any suggestions for handling these issues without causing my children to be ostracized or suffer retribution from the teachers?

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Syria conflict perspectives

Syria continues to dominate the news: Jonathan Merritt, on RNS, offers thoughts from three different Christian leaders In the National Catholic Reporter, Thomas Reese collects

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