The Good Heart

“A genuinely good heart is a heart that is open and alight with understanding. It listens to the sorrows of the world. Our society is wrong to think that happiness depends on fulfilling one's own wants and desires. That is why our society is so miserable...” (Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Into the Heart of Life, Snow Lion: 2011, Chapter 9 ‘Practicing the good heart’)

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Jack

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This is the only picture which I have of Father John "Jack" Petuskey (1938 - 2003), and unfortunately it's half cut off. Jack...

The Generous Widow

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" The last strains of the sermon hymn died. I strode forcefully to the pulpit, plopped my manuscript down, looked hard at all those fac...
Friday, November 6, 2009

William Temple - The War-Time Archbishop

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William Temple (1881-1944) Bishop of Manchester Archbishop of York Archbishop of Canterbury (1942-1944) “ The Church is the only society tha...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

OneSight for Fresh Air Fund Camps

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One out of four school children in the U.S. has vision problems, and 86% do not get their vision checked before age 12. Many Fresh Air chil...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Il Papa Buono - The Good Pope

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Pope John XXIII (1881 -1963) Tomb of John XXIII which I took at St. Peter's, 1998 Tomb of John XXIII at the altar of St. Jerome, St. Pet...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Meek and Patient Mr. Hooker

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" Hooker is one of the inventors of that distinctive Anglican mood which I have called `contemplative pragmatism'—a mood that embra...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Commemoration of All the Departed

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Historically, the Western tradition identifies the general custom of praying for the dead with the Jewish practice of prayer for the dead da...
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Retired Episcopal parish priest and Regional Missioner; professed Oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich
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