UPON THIS ROCK Best and Worst of Times For local sports fans, it is the best of times and worst of times as major league baseball gives way to the national football league. The worst season the Royals ever had was in 2005 when we won only 56 games against 106...
UPON THIS ROCK Urban Connection I salute those who live, learn, work, worship, dine, or do volunteer activities in the inner city. Urban centers tend to get abandoned by sprawling populations, but we know that, just as with a human body, the core must be strengthened...
UPON THIS ROCK G*R*A*C*E I recently came across a thirty-year-old newspaper clipping about angels (Advice from the Angels by Tanya Barrientos, Knight-Ridder News). It caught my attention, especially its encouragement for us, mere mortals, to avail ourselves to angles...
UPON THIS ROCK Upcoming Up & Comers As part of a community or community of faith, part of a city or civic community, part of a family or group of friends, we’re always interested in what’s coming up, or when and where we might gather next, or how our attention...
UPON THIS ROCK Mary of Knots Like many Catholics, I have a rosary that I carry in my pocket. I’m not sure how I got into the habit, but it has been with me for most of my life. I go through lots of rosaries because they tend to eventually break: a tiny strand of its...
