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Risen Indeed!

Risen Indeed! “Discerning signs has to do with comprehending the remarkable in common happenings, to see portents of death where others find progress or success, but simultaneously, to behold tokens of the reality of the resurrection or hope where others are consigned...

A Blessing for Palm Sunday

[Editor’s note: Today’s reflection, by author and professor Kate Bowler, offers a blessing for Palm Sunday, reflecting on what that might mean for us today. She has written two New York Times bestselling memoirs, “Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve...

I Want It All!

From times ancient to modern, greedy characters have populated our legends, stories, and films, from King Midas to Gordon Gecko (Wall Street), from Ebenezer Scrooge to Henry Potter (It’s a Wonderful Life), from the Pardoner (Canterbury Tales) to Mr. Krabs (SpongeBob...

The Comparison Game

“If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon. But Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.” – Bertrand Russell From our youngest days, we are forever comparing ourselves with others. Which sibling...

Forgiveness School

“Forgiveness is God’s invention for coming to terms with a world in which, despite their best intentions, people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply.” – Lewis Smedes In case you hadn’t noticed, the world is full of people in conflict. Our human lives...