The Queen and the Commonwealth
By Frank Millard A reflection on Queen Elizabeth II’s life and legacy. We are broken as a country and as a nation. The glue, the fabric, the weft, and weave have been torn asunder. One…
Category: Miscellaneous Nonfiction
Traveling through Ever-Changing Ireland
Ireland 1982: Age 7 – I had never traveled by plane anywhere. I’ll never forget that we went from Boston to Shannon via “Pan Am” and fell asleep. When we were approaching Ireland, we looked…
John Wesley’s Savannah Mission and the Roots of Methodism
John Wesley is known for his role in founding and being a leader of the Methodist movement, alongside George Whitefield and his brother Charles, which today claims approximately 80 million adherents. However, before Methodism became…
Thoughts on the Coronation
By Henry Hill On Friday, March 3, 2023, the sacred Chrism oil which will be used to anoint King Charles III at his coronation was consecrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.…
Imam Ali (as) and Imam Hussein (as): Saints and Guides for All of Humanity
“Should poverty, illness and death not exist, man would not bow to anything.” Imam Hussein (as) “Be like the flower that gives off its fragrance even to the hand that crushes it.” Imam Ali…
St. Gabriel Possenti and the Sanctity of Fighting
Familiarity breeds contempt, according to the old saying. Outside that, familiarity breeds something worse—complacency. Part of my own personal theory as to why Christianity has suffered a reversal of fortunes in the 20th and 21st…
St. Catherine of Genoa and Baron Von Hugel: An Encounter in Eternity
There of pure Virgins none Is fairer seen, Save One, Than Mary Magdalene. Gaze without doubt or fear Ye to whom generous Love, by any name, is dear. Love makes the life to be A…
Cemetery Story: A Muslim’s Memoir
I enter the cemetery and follow the all too familiar winding paths. Overhead the jets taking off and landing at Hobby airport assault my ears with the roaring of their turbine engines. The anterior graves…
And All Of Us Prepared the Feast…
This is a lot more thigh than I’m comfortable showing, I thought as I changed into my work uniform. It’s Christmas 2018. I was working as a waiter at a Christmas feast put on at…
An Elegy for Puppets: Remembering a Christmas Craftsman
In November 2021, I was asked to write freelance articles on the advent wreath’s four candles. Traditionally, these candles represent hope, peace, joy, and love. Each of these themes is central to Christmas, and more…