June 8, 2026 “Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see...
June 7, 2026 I am the Bread of Life, you who come to me shall not hunger, you who believe in me shall not thirst, no one can come to me unless the Father beckons. And I will raise you, I will raise you up, I will raise you up on the last day… The bread that I will...
June 6, 2026 The following is excerpted from the essay “Finding Gratitude by Johann Christoph Arnold, published in Plough magazine. Carroll King, a member of my church, notes that it is just when struggles or problems weigh most heavily on a person that gratitude can...
June 5, 2026 The following is excerpted from an article in Plough titled, “Help in the Land of Forgetfulness: A husband caring for a loved one with dementia finds dark valleys, but also limitless spiritual resources” by Wayne A. Ewing. Former First Lady Rosalynn...
June 4, 2026 (Photo by Janice Wallace) My Mother in the Garden By Brian D. Wallace My mother died again this afternoonAnd there was little I could doThe flag of hosta unfurled, lilies in bloom I should have put everything downThe weeder, the hand rake, the white...
June 3, 2026 “Work as if everything depends on you. Pray as if everything depends on God.”— St. Ignatius Loyola We live in a strange age, when secular society looks down on spiritual practices. In recent years, there’s been a trend to belittle people who use terms...
