By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Sleep eludes us all from time to time. For me, this typically occurs when the stress, worries, and activity of the day seep into the silence…
By George Pence (guest contributor)– My grandmother, Thelma Pence, was a stalwart in a charismatically charged congregation of holy rollers. Yet my parents were more secular people who frequented an…
By Gary Topping– One of my grandmothers was a Christian Scientist. I remember when I was a kid she used to explain it to me and extol its virtues, but…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Love is one of the most oft-repeated and enduring messages from the Bible. The Twenty Third Psalm poetically illustrates God’s love for us as a cup…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I am really excited to share this October 01, 2017 article from Fr. Michael Rennier (A Catholic priest living in Missouri) because it is so wonderfully…
By Nick Blaylock– With respects to All Saints Day and All Souls Day… I cannot more respectfully talk about death than by shutting up. We are all becoming part of…
By Gary Topping— (Editorial note- this article originally was published in the Intermountain Catholic in May of 2014. Gary has allowed us to republish it here on All Soul’s Day)…
By Jean Welch Hill– Several years ago, I purchased Robert Ellsberg’s All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time. Over the course of the year learning…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My family, or at least recent versions of it, includes many wanderers. As a result, the closest thing I have to a family cemetery, a repository…
By Deacon Scott Dodge– (Editorial note: this week, our bloggers address the theme of “Saints and Souls.” Scott Dodge gets us started.) Halloween was brought into being by the ancient…