by Carol Burns | Jun 5, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” It’s one of those lines that is so famous that people reference it without any real awareness of where it comes from. Is it from Shakespeare? Robert Frost? Kevin Costner’s...
by Carol Burns | May 29, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin A few weeks ago, the ace starting pitcher of the Baltimore Orioles, John Means, exited suddenly in the middle of the game with elbow problems. After a series of tests, it was determined that he required what is known in...
by Carol Burns | May 22, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton Birches, by Robert Frost: When I see birches bend to left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees,I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.But swinging doesn’t bend them down to...
by Carol Burns | May 15, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin “If you knew you were going to die, what would you do so people would remember you?” That’s essentially the question that record producer Sam Phillips asks the singer Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, the film about Cash’s...
by Carol Burns | May 8, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin A man elbows the one standing next to him in the Temple; when he looks over in surprise, the first one nods his head to show him where to look. A group of worshippers there for the festival are talking and fall silent,...
by Carol Burns | May 1, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. J.C. Austin The fear of ghosts and spirits seems to be almost universal in the world, cutting across every culture and society, cropping up even in places where the dominant religion rejects the idea of them. In both ancient and...
