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G.K. Chesterton who tried to keep Christ in Christian pointed out: “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” I always kept that quote in mind by thinking the problem with Christianity is that it has never been tried. What exactly does that mean. We…

On my post tomorrow about Christianity I came across an article by Kate Bowler who is a  an assistant professor at Duke Divinity School. She was born in Canada. She recently became ill with stage four cancer. I went to her Twitter account to see how she was getting along as a happily married mother…

I happened upon a tweet by June Diane Raphael (left). According to Wikipedia she:  “is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter . . .  born and raised in Rockville Centre, New York,  to Diane and John Raphael, where she graduated from South Side High School in 1998. She is of Irish descent, and was raised Catholic . . ….

The other day I was struck by a column that indicated that Governor Baker’s response to the increasing cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Massachusetts was a huge overreaction. A chart was presented showing the average age of  the people who died was eighty-years-old. The tone of the column was “what me care.” It suggested it was…

I think I first came across this poem in high school. It was easy to read. Its meaning seemed clear. It stuck with me over the years.  As the years passed  I would think about it how true it reflected life itself. I especially remembered it when I attended a wake of an older man….

Give my regards to Whitey (left) is the best I can come up with at this point when I think that Howie Winter’s funeral is today. Hopefully he will look him up.  Obviously their similar careers will put them in the same place. I initially thought this time Whitey can do Howie a favor and…