by Andres Herrera | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Loneliness is on the rise in the United States. A recent study by the insurance company, Cigna, found that 3 in 5 Americans report being lonely–feeling left out, misunderstood, lacking companionship. Loneliness is linked to anxiety, depression, heart disease,...
by Andres Herrera | Mar 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
This was the question posed yesterday in the excellent Lenten meditation cards created by Sanctifedart which St. Stephen’s has shared for home observance. Each day of Lent a question is posed for reflection and a prayer is offered in relation to the theme....
by Andres Herrera | Mar 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
The 1942 film, Flying Tigers, provided a slogan that would inspire Americans for the war effort in World War II. A pilot whose plane lost a wing, exclaims that he has landed “on a wing and a prayer.” So often when we think about impossible situations we are...
by Andres Herrera | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
There are moments when you can feel the Holy Spirit. In my experience they don’t happen often, but regularly enough. This month I have had the blessing of feeling that sacred zephyr twice. Once in a toney Westlake Episcopal church and again in a simply...
by Andres Herrera | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the old wives’ tales is that death always comes in threes. I am not a big believer in superstitions or folk wisdom, necessarily, but there are times when it seems true. This winter has seen the deaths of many saints at St....
by Andres Herrera | Jan 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!… Recently I was attending chapel at our School with the...
