by Toni McNaron | Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Catholic priests are not known for preaching profound sermons, so it’s a blessing that most conform to the idea of making homilies short. Custom has it that ten minutes is the ideal length. But every now and then, congregants are surprised, as I was a few...
by Toni McNaron | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a recent interview, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Institute in Montgomery, Alabama, was asked what Dr. King would think if he were alive to witness our political world today. He said he’d be heart-broken but also excited to know that if he called a...
by Toni McNaron | Jan 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently, a good friend and I attended an unusual dance performance entitled “WEAVE.” The choreographer, Rosy Simas, Native American of the Seneca, Heron Clan, worked with a handful of mostly Native dancers to give us an intense exploration of movement...
by Toni McNaron | Jan 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the best-known Greek stories is of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus was a master carpenter who had made a great labyrinth under the court of King Minos of Crete where the dread Minotaur lived. Taking issue with Daedalus, Minos had imprisoned him and his son,...
by Toni McNaron | Dec 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the most vexatious and controversial aspects of Christianity is the idea behind current observances of Christmas, i.e., that an invisible force, called by Hebrews “Jahweh” or “the Lord God,” chose to become incarnate in the person of...
