“In the washing of the water will you take it all awayBring me something to take this pain away”Peter Gabriel In churches around the world we celebrate the day that Jesus was baptized by the prophet, John the Baptist. This ritual has been replicated for millennia since then and this means of consecration is a […]
Small Acts and Great Progress
The bible story of the “widow’s mite” is one of my favorites. In it Jesus commends the widow who put two small copper coins into the treasury at the temple. These two coins are only worth a penny, but Jesus tells his disciples that she has put in more than those all those who contributed […]
Signals of Distress,
Signs of Hope
In 2017, 31.5% of high school students had experienced periods of persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness (i e , almost every day for two weeks or more in a row so that the student stopped doing some usual activities) in the past year. The percentage of students who experienced persistent feelings of sadness or […]