Phil’s thoughts turned immediately to marriage: “We’d fallen in love, so naturally I wanted to get married. It was the right thing to do. I married her in a church right down the block on 48th St. My Irish
We drove around a bit, searching for a good lookout to get a few nice photos. We found thecultural museum(where I discovered my camera battery was dead)- it was closed- and themilitary museum– it was closed too. We spotted the ‘famous’ Russian onion domed church from afar, but it ...
The Western Sea: Possibly Lake Zaysan, into which the Kara Irtysh River flows. But it is also possible that Yelu Chucai had no specific referent. The Chinese have referred to various bodies of water as the Western Sea at different times. Heaven's ordained boundary: The idea of a certain ...
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In my dream, the congregation waited in the church. In the vestry, I robed in my alb, amice and girdle as I had hundreds of times. I put the purple stole around my neck instead of slant-wise as I had as a deacon. But for the first time, I lifted the purple chasuble over my ...
Credit: http://www.2911church.com/ Two scenarios, two different responses. The common thread? Given choices in life, we can respond with fear and gloom, or with hope and faith. In either instance, how we respond can shape how God works in our lives. ...
I had been living in little, above-the-garage, apartments, trailers, rented rooms, and even in the boiler room of Forest Service housing, exchanging a day of work per week for a free room. As I was turning 40, I met a man who fell in love with me pretty hard, and quickly. Within...
“opinion”. My grandmother would have been horrified; I remember her saying to me many times, even as an adult, “Please try to speak more like you write;” in other words, choosing words carefully and watching the tone and intent. When I was a young journalist, opinions and analyses ...
Would my parents smell the smoke from the house when they returned home from the community Thanksgiving Eve Church service and come dashing out hoping to avert a pasture fire? I’d taken as many precautions as I could, trying to remain on sacred ground in a secluded area. I thought of ...
I found another interesting old church just over the bridge, just around the corner from the Shakespeare & Company bookstore.Saint Severin Catholic Churchis one of the oldest churches still standing in Paris and amazing inside. It has gorgeous stained glass windows all around, tall gothic arches...