Crossing Dividing Lines

Crossing Dividing Lines

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThe Haskell Free Library and Opera House is one of the most interesting places on earth.The northern part of the building is in Stanstead, Quebec. The southern part is in Derby Line, Vermont. The...
Fences

Fences

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereFranciscan priest and author Brennan Manning was fond of recounting a story about American G.I.s in France during World War 2.One of their number had been killed in action.They approached the priest in a...
Two Cups of Coffee

Two Cups of Coffee

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “An eye for and eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” Gandhi famously said that if we take that Old Testament dictum to its logical conclusion, the whole world will end up blind and...
The Code Duello

The Code Duello

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. In the movies, when one gentleman offends or insults another, they immediately “throw down.” I challenge you to a duel!  And just like that, out come the swords or pistols or some other means...
A Chance to Vote

A Chance to Vote

 Zachary Taylor never voted in a U.S. presidential election until he was 64 years old. That’s when the career military officer cast a ballot for himself in the 1848 election that sent him to the White House as America’s 12th chief executive.  But the record for a...