Monthly Archives: October 2014

Double, Double Toil and Trouble

Posted on October 31, 2014 by matthewhanisian

I’m pretty sure that I’ve not ever written for The Daily Cup on Halloween before.  Alas, as I was reading through the Scriptures assigned for today I couldn’t find any of them that were sufficiently spooky.  But I was able to remember … Continue reading →

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Requiem aeternam

Posted on October 30, 2014 by sonyasutton

My morning walks these past few weeks have given me a chance to ponder our collective need to decorate for Halloween. Colorful leaves seem like decoration enough, but the faux graves, rattling skeletons, graceful ghosts, and less poetic effigies of … Continue reading →

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Father Holub

Posted on October 28, 2014 by ronatstalbansdc

E. A. Holub is his signature on my diploma from St. Anne School in Beaumont, Texas, on the occasion of my graduating from the “grammar grades” in 1952. I never knew what his initials stood for; to me he was … Continue reading →

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Are You Free?

Posted on October 27, 2014 by jimq2012

Last night I looked around at all of the unpacked boxes from a recent move.  I wondered, “What’s the point of opening them?”  Iv’e moved four times in the last 24 years (five counting the latest, which was local).  Most … Continue reading →

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Everybody Just Shut Up

Posted on October 24, 2014 by matthewhanisian

When I was teaching 5th and 6th grade religion class at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School I had a challenge for each of the six sections of 5th graders I saw every week:  two full minutes of silence at the … Continue reading →

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Truthful Stories

Posted on October 23, 2014 by sonyasutton

(first published on November 17, 2011) Stories may be the most powerful tool we have for communicating our core beliefs. Those things we value most highly aren’t always easily described except in story. Think of the great truths imparted in … Continue reading →

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Unbelievable! (Nine)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by deborahmeister

This series explores what we don’t believe — and why — in order to help us understand what we do believe, and why we do. The church does not teach that self-realization is the goal of our existence (at least, … Continue reading →

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Let there be light.

Posted on October 21, 2014 by ronatstalbansdc

When these Cups were launched a few years ago one of the thoughts was that we writers would write about our ministries here. As faithful readers know, that isn’t always the case, but today I’ll be faithful to that. How … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Usual?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by jimq2012

The conversation was pretty fascinating.  I had only known them for minutes, literally. It was the kind of conversation that only happens here, in DC.  Most of you know “them,” of course. It’s a miracle of God that somehow (not really) … Continue reading →

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Forgotten in God’s Sight

Posted on October 17, 2014 by matthewhanisian

“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.” … Continue reading →

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