July 8, 2026 From the Four Quartets By T.S. Eliot Home is where one starts from. As we grow olderThe world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicatedOf dead and living. Not the intense momentIsolated, with no before and after,But a lifetime burning in every...
July 7, 2026 The following is excerpted from “Be Not Afraid: Overcoming the Fear of Death” by Johann Christoph Arnold. My one-day-old sister Marianne died when I was six. I never even saw her alive, yet she influenced my childhood as few others did. Her birth and...
July 6, 2026 A Prayer for My Deceased Beloved Holy saints, through your great faith you accepted the gift of eternal life and have received a sanctified place in the presence of God. You dwell now in perfect joy beyond all fear, sorrow and grief. Please greet my loved...
July 5, 2026 A Wealth of Seashells and Wonders By Barry Wallace Did you ever dream of being fabulously wealthy and having piles of diamonds and rubies in casks by your side? I sometimes did as a kid. It was a pleasant daydream for a boy of modest circumstances. I...
July 4, 2026 Happy 250th birthday, United States of America! On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress declared independence from England. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed by John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress....
July 3, 2026 Most glorious God,Today I pray that our country will once again be one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.I pray for a country that protects its citizens from all threats, foreign and domestic, from conception until natural...
