VIEW FROM THE PEW You must have heard the advice “keep calm and carry on” memorializing the British stiff-upper-lip fortitude during World War II when Nazi bombing attacks ravaged London and other cities on their island. Funny and foolish parodies of that sentiment can still be seen in T-shirts on folks who only know about […]
Mary Adamski: This awesome confluence of connections
VIEW FROM THE PEW Finally, in the afterglow of our holiday most frenzied, we had a quiet day or two to contemplate the tree lights and the manger scene. Our spinning orbit of shop, bake, sing, cook, shop more, gather, party slows. In the temporary calm we can absorb the point of it all: God […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble’
VIEW FROM THE PEW To tweak that old adage about how March weather “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” the opposite is true about November this year. I’m not thinking about meteorology — wind, storm and surf stuff — but liturgy, the things we’ve been hearing in church. For the […]
Mary Adamski: Lost in translation
VIEW FROM THE PEW Hey, how about that Magnum Principium? That ought to push the Liturgiam Authenticam back to the bottom shelf, yah? Maybe we will get back in the true spirit of the Sacrosanctum Concilium; not a minute too soon, I’d say. I know some think Papa Francisco exceeded his teaching magisterium limits with […]
Mary Adamski: The fire that Luther started
VIEW FROM THE PEW An event that ignited earthshaking change still felt 500 years later will be marked next month in Hawaii as it is in most of the Christian world. For the Lutheran Church folks who plan the 3 p.m. Oct. 14 interfaith service, it’s an anniversary they celebrate every year marking the beginning […]
Mary Adamski: Searching for the words
VIEW FROM THE PEW If you’re like me, your mind has been spinning with adjectives as we watch the horrendous Marco Polo conflagration and its aftermath. How grievous for families of the dead who will always anguish over their awful last minutes. Most of us cringe to contemplate being in the bleak position of the […]
Mary Adamski: My patriotic anthem for Independence Day
VIEW FROM THE PEW I will be hanging out my American flag for Independence Day Tuesday as always. I’ll likely hum a patriotic song or two while I’m at it, but it’s best for all people and birds within earshot that I don’t belt out the tunes full volume. It’s not just the familiar anthems […]
Mary Adamski: Lists and lists of lists
VIEW FROM THE PEW Lists. Five things to watch to keep your car from breaking down. Eight good health habits to safeguard your body from that same fate. Ten steps to make your house safe from falls and other dire events that would hasten the above-mentioned bad end. A dozen ways to guard against horrifying […]
Mary Adamski: An archives reveals its treasure
View from the pew The Vatican museum was the setting for a brief feature clip on a network television news show earlier this month, did you see that? A reporter strolled with the keeper of the keys through rooms full of historical artifacts, the works of great and not-so-great artists, sacred Mass vessels and treasure […]
Mary Adamski: Thanks for the rituals
VIEW FROM THE PEW Here it is, spring, and our thoughts turn lightly to _______. The shopping list? Time to add chocolate bunnies and jelly beans? Or were you thinking spring break? Head for the beach with hibachi? Get some seedlings to put into the ground? Aha, almost time for the first baseball to be […]
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