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daisies against a blue sky

Called to Burning Light

By Eberhard Arnold

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

We are called to burning, life-giving light, but can we conquer the freezing cold and deadly darkness? Will we survive in the struggle against this dangerous power, which constantly besets us from within and without?

Tags: PentecostWhitsun

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A Tribute to Single Mothers

By Anya Brett-Andrews

Thursday, May 02, 2013

The most amazing mother I know is also my best friend. She held out even when everything that could go wrong did...

Tags: storymotherhoodparenting

a bouquet of purple and blue spring flowers

Six Poems for Spring

By Various Poets

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

It’s May again. Don’t miss it! See how spring stirred the heart of some of the world’s great poets. Then get outside somewhere where you can enjoy the tickle of grass on bare toes.

Tags: poetrypoemsspringmay

yellow narcissus flowers

A Monk and His Secret

By Chris Zimmerman

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A crow hoarsely admonished us from a tangle of yew, and we looked up and saw the old man. He was fifty feet or so down the path, beyond a row of cold frames: stooped, weather-beaten, and moving stiffly...

Marathon runners

The Race Is Not to the Swift

By Carmen Hinkey

Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Boston Marathon explosions are only part of an endless litany of grief and suffering. Will we allow it to change us?

Tags: Boston MarathonPentecost

a blurry crowd of people

Against the Crowd

By Søren Kierkegaard

Monday, April 15, 2013

There is no place, not even one most disgustingly dedicated to lust and vice, where a human being is more easily corrupted – than in the crowd.

Tags: truthpressmediapolitics