Messenger – May 2014
PJ’s Page “I watch what I do to see what I really believe.” ~Sister Helen Prejean I came across this quote recently and it has stayed in my mind and spirit ever since. Sister Helen Prejean’s work with inmates on death row is the subject of the book (and later the movie) “Dead Man Walking.” But what draws me into this quote is the way that she moved from belief to…
The Messenger – April 2014
PJ’s Page There is an old hymn whose refrain goes like this: Come home, come home All who are weary come home Home. What images come to mind when you read or hear this word? Do you think of your childhood home? Do you reflect upon your home now? Because of my father’s career, my family moved frequently when I was growing up. Between my birth and my graduation…
The Messenger – March 2014
PJ’s Page As I write this Ash Wednesday is a mere two weeks away. Lent always sneaks up on me, perhaps because the culture doesn’t offer any cues that it is time to prepare. There are no ASH WEDNESDAY MATTRESS SALES or Lent candy or Lenten greeting cards. Absent any cues, we find ourselves with ashes on our foreheads. Almost every year at this time I write about the…