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Unique Christmas Gifts 2019
Unique Christmas Gifts 2019
Have you started your Christmas shopping? Find unique Christmas gifts for everyone on your list with...
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Happy 144th Birthday to Rainer Maria Rilke!
Happy 144th Birthday to Rainer Maria Rilke!
More than a century has passed since Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) wrote these poems, yet...
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Why Wait? The Meaning is in the Waiting
Why Wait? The Meaning is in the Waiting
Imagine entering a room and finding a beautifully wrapped present on a table. Attached to...
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The story behind the most popular Christmas carol.
The story behind the most popular Christmas carol.
Imagine a snowy evening in one of the old small towns of Austria, eleven miles...
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Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love: Four Essentials for the Abundant Life
Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love: Four Essentials for the Abundant Life
When I was a pastor at a Quaker meeting in Muncie, Indiana, I met every...
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All Saints’ Day poetry read by Elements Theatre Company
All Saints’ Day poetry read by Elements Theatre Company
Celebrate All Saints’ Day by listening to selections from Paraclete Press poets Bonnie Thurston, Susan...
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The Elderly: Caring for those who are no longer “useful”
The Elderly: Caring for those who are no longer “useful”
From her earliest years, Corrie ten Boom cared for the elderly, and when she grew...
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How and Why the Church Makes Saints by Bert Ghezzi
How and Why the Church Makes Saints by Bert Ghezzi
“If they, why not I?—If these men and women could become saints, why cannot I...
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Pope Saint John Paul II (1920–2005) | Saints At Heart by Bert Ghezzi
Pope Saint John Paul II (1920–2005) | Saints At Heart by Bert Ghezzi
Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation.—Mark 16:15 No believer...
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