This youngster was, after all, a devout fellow. He was someone who would not have been able to simply forget what Jesus had said to him. He would have wondered . . . doubted . . . questioned. Over time eternal life might have grown more attractive and his riches less so. One way or another God would have claimed him eventually.
“At a special meeting on Tuesday, March 20, the Board of Regents voted to revoke the honorary degree awarded to Charlie Rose in May 2016.”
“What began as a call from survivors of Stoneman Douglas High School shooting has become a national movement. We can ensure that they do not march alone.”
Almighty God, you alone can bring order to the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and
“We believe it to be vital that science and religion work together to seek to answer the great questions of the mystery of life and of the universe.” – the Very Revd John Hall, Dean of Westminster Abbey
“With regard to clergy, this means attention to these patterns and behaviors in every evaluative, discernment, and wellness opportunity from initial application to Holy Orders until death. In addition, it requires a vocational understanding and acceptance that the souls in the clergy’s cure come first; if the church errs, it must not be at their expense.”
The music draws me in. As I walk up the steps I hear the music playing. The music welcoming me with its melody. The sounds reminding me of churches past and the organ music that kept playing. The music that always keeps singing.
Mepkin Abbey is a Trappist community in South Carolina, founded in 1949. It currently has 13 monks, with an average age of 77. The monks
Lent, if followed devoutly, opens us all up to a lot of places where we probably would rather not have looked. And those places are where demons dwell, or where demons can find the food of discontent, uneasiness, regret, even despair, and move in with their demonic friends.
At the core of God’s dream for us is the promise of a new day