VIEW FROM THE PEW It was a long visit, returning to the midwest roots and stepping back into the embrace of loved ones who are usually in long distance communication, not within reach for hugs. It’s an annual pilgrimage, reentry into our childhood homeland for two “maturing” people who migrated to Hawaii so long ago. […]
Mary Adamski: Listening: the eighth corporal work of mercy
VIEW FROM THE PEW One of the greatest kindnesses one person can do for another is to just listen. Sit down or lean back and say, either by words or just patient attitude: “Do tell me your story, take your time, I’m here to hear the whole tale.” And if you endure and have follow […]
Mary Adamski: Remember … you are dust
VIEW FROM THE PEW You know how there are some times in life when you are stimulated, happy, upbeat at the prospect of something new or unknown? Anticipated travel, a challenge ahead at work or school, launching some untried project, an eating or entertainment opportunity, a new friendship sparking. Time to step out of your […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Protect us from all anxiety’
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 […]
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