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I recall reading somewhere that something we take totally for granted about the human mind is in fact one of its most remarkable accomplishments. It …
William Blake once wrote that it would be wonderful “to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” Many years …
The excavation site is huge. Someday, a towering structure will emerge to — we fervently hope — grace the city. At the moment, this area …
When I was a small boy, I was a member of a Bible study group led by Mr. Turner, someone who was wise enough to …
It is early September 1933 and it has been decreed that I, on the cusp of five years old, should go to school. The great …
The antique shop was large. I found myself in it only because my family was in a nearby store, and, since I’m not much of …
Sometimes when I wonder at the scriptures of the resurrection, asking the questions and experiencing the doubts that people have voiced since the extraordinary events …
Those who wrote the four gospels did so because they were convinced that the three fleeting years of the public ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, …
You may remember this as the title song in a long-ago movie of the same name. The stars, as we used to say, were William …
Convention Hall, Philadelphia, May 1984 The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania celebrated its bicentennial in 1984. About 10,000 people gathered in Convention Hall in Philadelphia. I …
Piano tuners have to hit single notes again and again. However, now and again they play a chord and you realize how infinitely richer a …
Hollywood loves the word “apocalypse.” To them it means “dollars.” It means a big-screen disaster movie, complete with toppling high-rises, mile-high tsunamis engulfing cities and terrified humans running in all …
In 1697 Henry Maundrell, academic of Exeter College in Oxford and Church of England priest, was acting as chaplain to the new Levant Company based …
One of the joys of ordained ministry is that you can find yourself baptizing your two great-grandchildren. For me those joyful occasions were a few …
Donaguile, Castlecomer, 1940 In the 1920s, the world of Irish farming was simple and modest. Some large estates were exceptions, but they were diminishing in …
