Benedictory God’s hospitality READING THE STORY OF THE DISCIPLES on their way to Emmaus reminds me of home. Hospitality is at the center of Mexican..
Benedictory “I pass down to you that which I have received” THESE DAYS I’M KEENLY AWARE that my dad won’t be here forever. At 92, my Armenian father is sharp as a tack..
Benedictory Marked Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return. WE ARE MARKED, EACH ONE OF US, with the sign of the..
Benedictory Shared Psalms At an evening concert in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Protestants and Catholics joined under one roof to hear and sing ancient psalms set..
Benedictory A party AS I WRITE THESE WORDS, I’m just grinning as I reflect on our annual seminary Christmas party last night. The president’s manse..
Benedictory A better thought I’VE BEEN THINKING … about the word reconcile, especially the way St. Paul uses it in his letter to the Romans: “..
Benedictory The new and the young meet the old and the old It seems that everywhere you look these days the old is passing away. For some of us, it undoubtedly has to do..
Benedictory Nothing! AT THE VERY LEAST WE FELT a sense of responsibility … maybe even God’s call. As I wrapped up an interim, my..
Benedictory Triangle of family faith OCCASIONS LIKE THANKSGIVING can bring to mind varied thoughts of persons who have been present in years past. November includes the birthday..
Benedictory Forgive and forget? ANDREW LANG WAS A CELEBRATED Victorian Scottish man of letters who once published a very kind review of a book by a..