Independence Day

Ira Stoll, in his book JFK, Conservative, wrote “On July 4, 1946, John F. Kennedy, then 29 years old, the Democratic nominee for a Massachusetts Congressional seat, and still a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve, was the featured speaker at the City of Boston’s...

Prayer

Prayer is about our relationship to God. Like any relationship, it requires time. Some of us are used to praying on the run, but our relationship with God cannot flourish unless we find time to be fully present to God: speaking and listening to one another, sharing...

Father’s Day

We are designed by God, I believe, to discover him first through our parents. As infants, our parents represent our physical, emotional, and spiritual universe, reflecting onto us our earliest perceptions and images—how safe is my world? What is trust and truth,...

Pentecost

For Christians, Pentecost is a holiday on which we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the early followers of Jesus. Before the events of the first Pentecost, which came a few weeks after Jesus’ death and resurrection, there were followers of Jesus, but no...

The Ascension of Jesus

Jesus’ Ascension may not seem as big of a deal as the Resurrection, or as rousing as the image of Jesus on the cross. Moreover, though we might be loath to admit it, after Good Friday and Easter, in fact, the Ascension might even seem somewhat anti-climactic. Still,...