Our Lady of Paris Reopens

OUR LADY OF PARIS REOPENS

On December 7, 2024, Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich knocked loudly three times on the door to Notre Dame cathedral with his staff, referred to as a crozier1.  Once the doors were opened according to the “Rite of the Open Door,” the organ played, the bell rang and the reopening ceremony began as the cathedral once again roared to life following the catastrophic fire of April 25, 2019. Our Lady of Paris stirred from her slumber. The cornerstone for Notre Dame cathedral was...

Preach the gospel to every creature

PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE

In Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark is speaking to his friend Horatio about his father’s ghost which Hamlet has seen with his very eyes. Horatio is skeptical, of course, while Hamlet appears to be as crazy as a loon throughout most of the play. We know it’s a ruse intended to discover the facts behind his father’s mysterious death. But Hamlet sobers up for a moment to say to his companion “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,...

I've come to take you home/

I’VE COME TO TAKE YOU HOME

Last Sunday Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth President of the United States closed his eyes for the final time and passed from this life to the next. It was a sad day for Deena and me. President Carter was a folk hero to us. A mentor. But now, Jesus has come to take him home. I was a young Christian during the seventies when Richard Nixon was in office. I’d go to prayer meetings and Bible studies and people would plead...

ON THE TRAIL OF CANCER ONE YEAR LATER

The very beginning of my cancer blog can be found here MARCH 16, 2025 (SU) I showed up for my monthly chemotherapy on Friday and my Nurse Practitioner came out to the waiting room to greet me with a card and a balloon.  She knew it was my birthday.  She was particularly anxious for me to open the card and when I did, there was a certificate saying that this would be my last round of chemotherapy (I was getting Gemcitabine and...

WHERE DID GOD GO?

In these dark days many people are asking “Where is God?” They wonder “Where did God go?” This is the question I’d like to address in this post. It is a most timely question as we welcome, or dread, a new year. No, God’s probably not under the bed. In some sense He’s everywhere, but that would not be the first place I would look. However, if He chose to, He could reveal Himself in the most unusual of all...

ANTEBELLUM EDUCATION IN NEW ENGLAND

This is a post about K-12 education in New England circa 1825. Many of my friends and acquaintances are teachers and I hope they find this interesting and well-worth the read. The post is about Antebellum Education in New England. week ago I happened to think about a red, one-room school house that stood empty but in good repair about a mile from where I grew up. That thought made me curious about early American education. I have a primer...

ÂCHTÓHU WINTER

It is Christmas time and this Christmas has been a particular blessing to me.  Last Christmas, many members of my family drove up from Texas and we had a wonderful time entertaining them and showing them around.  That was a blessing, too.  This Christmas, for several reasons, Deena and I spent the Holiday on our own.  But in New England, you are never quite alone.  Many things in my advanced years are unfolding before my eyes, last seen in my childhood, and I’d like to...

The Undiscovered Continent

THE UNDISCOVERED CONTINENT

It had been a grueling two months and five days since the three ships left Palos de la Frontera in Spain. Provisions and fresh water were running short and the men were restless, their tempers starting to show. The Admiral had staked his life and the lives of his men on an unproved theory, and it there was to be a miracle, it had better come soon. But the undiscovered continent drew him ever closer. He wrote in his log:...

UNEXPECTED GIFTS

The sun was starting to rest over the meadows. Gil, the head farmer, and the little boy called the cows together, “Come Boss, come Boss.” Babe was a huge Guernsey who loved to eat apples out of the young boy’s hand. Snowball, a Holstein, was whiter than the first snowfall, a bit older and moved slower than Babe. Jumping onto the gate, the boy got his bib overalls caught on the hinge. “Let’s go boy, we still need to milk...

Prevailing in prayer

PREVAILING IN PRAYER

I have had a particularly difficult time with my prayer life the past few years.  I’m a Boomer in my mid-seventies with issues such as Parkinsonism from Agent Orange and PTSD from Vietnam.   I have been fighting stress (and cancer) along with all that has happened this past year, and I have my share of aches and pains which usually wait until I retire for the evening before they make themselves known.  Thank God for His love and mercy.  I’ve asked God for more...

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