The Prayer That Begins With Our

A cobbled street at night. A wooden handcart heaped with coal stands in the dark beside a small brick house, whose single kitchen window glows gold, its four panes divided by a cross.

A coal hauler who could not read, a son's vow at his deathbed, and the two words that open the Our Father: reading the Lord's Prayer through See-Judge-Act in an age of political division and artificial intelligence.

1 November 2026 0

Have you ever thought about how much lead exposure you have? By Julie Peller, Ph.D.

A glowing golden drop of blood with a falling curve inside it, beside faded silhouettes of an old gasoline pump and a dripping paint can on a deep blue background.

Green Junction Over the past century, paints and gasoline were the two main consumer products that contained and exposed people to toxic lead. The environmentalist Rene Dubos warned the public in 1969 that “the problem [of lead exposure] is so well-defined, so neatly packaged, with both causes and cures known, that if we don't eliminate... Continue Reading →

31 October 2026 0

From Palaces of Prosperity to a People of Communion

Liturgy, consumer culture, and the digital Church: read through See, Judge, Act. From 1899 to 1906, a young priest in the Diocese of Liège ministered to factory workers. He belonged to a small society called the Aumôniers du Travail, the chaplains to labor, and his flock was the working youth of a Belgian city of... Continue Reading →

29 October 2026 0

The Tent of His Kingdom

A small tent at night with its door flap tied open; warm lamplight spills across the ground, and five people sit together inside around a lamp.

This is the first of three parts. It follows a parish study group, a challenging word, and an election that won’t wait. Come back each Wednesday for the next two weeks to follow the story as it unfolds, one part at a time. In early April 1962, a congressman named Frank Kowalski, worried about the... Continue Reading →

28 October 2026 0

A Permit for Calpurnia

A paved Roman road at dusk runs between cypress trees to a stone gatehouse whose barred gate glows with lamplight; a lone traveler stands at the gate holding a small gold permit, while two thin lines of blue light run along the paving stones and stop at the gate.

Word reached a Roman governor’s household on the Black Sea coast that an old man had died in Italy. His granddaughter wanted to reach her grieving aunt as quickly as anyone could travel in the ancient world. The fastest way was the emperor’s courier service, but it was reserved for official business. The governor was... Continue Reading →

27 October 2026 0

How much of your yard or community is purely natural? By Julie Peller Ph.D

. Green Junction Humans have altered much of the Earth to serve their own needs. A 2021 World Economic Forum analysis states that humans have modified the world’s land for agriculture, mining, industrialization, and urbanization. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than one-third of the Earth’s land is now... Continue Reading →

25 October 2026 0