April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Raising awareness is a critical and foundational step in preventing child abuse. Child Abuse Prevention Month is our opportunity to build support for what we know must happen year round: … learn more
You can’t get to Easter without walking through a graveyard
Though some say that Christians treat death as if it were just a simple freeing of the soul from the prison of the body, a quick transition to blissful immortality, because they believe Easter gives them some kind of cosmic “get out of jail free” card that spares true believers from the sting of death, nothing could be further from the truth.
Lent: a season for compass adjustment
I wonder: without checking your smartphone, can you point toward the north right now? I’ll confess, I couldn’t do it without using my phone or the compass built into my car.
BURYING ALLELUIA
A Lenten Spiritual Practice
We get a lot of other things about Lent from the church of the Middle Ages, too. One of the more interesting traditions is the “depositio” of alleluias, the discontinuing or refraining from use of the word “Alleluia” in worship and song during the 40 days of Lent. You’ve heard of “giving up something for Lent.” Well, the church gives up its Alleluias for Lent.
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GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
2nd Week of Lent 2024
This Hollywood star kissed Elvis Presley before becoming…a Benedictine nun!
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A VALENTINE AMONG THE ASHES
This year, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, one of only three times this century it lands on February 14: 2018, 2024, and 2029. A quick Google search reveals that this poses a serious dilemma for Roman Catholics—what to do when February 14 is both a feast day and a day of holy obligation when one is supposed to fast? Answer:
Maine’s Faith Communities Observe Gun Safety Awareness Sabbath
Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14
The weekend of February 16-18, 2024, faith communities in Maine are participating in a “Gun Safety Awareness Sabbath,” praying in unity for safety from gun violence for our families, communities, and state.
