View from the pew The origin of our traditional holiday of Thanksgiving was a combination of body and soul, feasting and religious observance. That is still true for thousands of celebrants who address their prayers of thanks to God in the many ways he is known by the many cultures that have made this country […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Ave Maria’ and the political rally
View from the pew This has been a month in which we have endured stress from many different perspectives. It has been a time of ever-escalating warfare which brings anxiety even though it is on the other side of the globe. We are also in a state of escalating apprehension as we count down to […]
Mary Adamski: A vacation with memories both good and bad
View from the pew If you use a photo storage function on a mobile phone or other electronic device, you can relate to my dilemma. It’s become a replica of the closet that is stuffed with unneeded things, an overwhelming challenge to tackle clearing it out. So I just shut the door and ignore it. […]
Mary Adamski: We all need prayer in these hostile times
View from the pew My front steps are the ideal public yet intimate spot for displaying the Stars and Stripes. Not up at the remote top of a flagpole but in direct line of sight from my windows and protected from rain by the roof eaves. Totally up close and personal, you may have to […]
Mary Adamski: Aloha spirit helps us respect others’ dignity
View from the pew Writing about religions in our community was my thing for years. So recent stories in the secular press, which now rarely gives an inch of space to faith, stimulated a strong urge to write. At first my intended venue was the “letters to the editor” section rather than this Catholic […]
Mary Adamski: Crises, hard times prompt reflection and a new outlook
View from the Pew Pentecost has always been one of my favorite church holy days. I love the imagery of the Holy Spirit appearing as tongues of fire over the apostles, freeing them from fear and sending them forward afire with zeal to share what Jesus taught them. It’s a resounding “amen” finale to 50 […]
Mary Adamski: Bevy of birds brings focus, inspiration
VIEW FROM THE PEW Every time I set out on this journey of stringing words and ideas together, my mind drifts back to student days. I’m back in a high school math class desperately mentally mumbling formulas for some GPA-significant test. A worse nightmare, it’s a college philosophy class where the overnight caffeinated cramming is […]
Mary Adamski: The month of music, mayhem, feasting, fasting and love
VIEW FROM THE PEW Whoo-eee! Hasn’t February been a raucous month. Deafening decibels of music and challenging, downright belligerent chants. Extremes of bragging and dramatic tears, jeers and cheers. Events demanding conspicuous consumption of sinfully rich food and high caloric sweet treats, days and days of it. Extravagant, expensive clothes flaunted in a discordant contrast […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness’
VIEW FROM THE PEW “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said that in 1962, he was speaking about having faith as you move ahead through your life. The wisdom of the revered American civil rights leader being honored this week feels […]
Mary Adamski: Oh, woeful holy land
VIEW FROM THE PEW Now is not the first time we Americans struggle to grasp what is happening on the other side of our planet. We’re watching the latest deadly chapter in a long-simmering religious, ethnic, territorial conflict fueled by the depth of human evil. Pride, envy, wrath, greed — traits which Catholic theology counts […]
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