by ccvadmin | Jun 17, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 67 (June 17, 2020) The opening of the late David Foster Wallace’s short story “Good Old Neon” (from his 2004 book Oblivion) reads: “My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I’m not exaggerating. Pretty much all I’ve ever done all the time is try to...
by ccvadmin | Jun 16, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 66 (June 16, 2020) As a kid I loved the 1970’s CBS classic TV show The Incredible Hulk, starring Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner, who under extreme stress would be transformed into the Incredible Hulk, played by Lou Ferrigno. My friends and I had...
by ccvadmin | Jun 15, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 65 (June 15, 2020) One of the many amazing songs on Carole King’s 1971 masterpiece album Tapestry (which won the Grammy for Album of the Year) is a high octane gospel song for those in need of a friend, a song that won the Grammy for Song of the...
by ccvadmin | Jun 12, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #64 (June 12, 2020) In his moving 1997 memoir Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom recounts the conversations he had with Morrie Schwartz, his beloved sociology professor from Brandeis University. As Morrie was dying of ALS, every Tuesday morning...
by ccvadmin | Jun 11, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #63 (June 11, 2020) One of the Old Testament prophecies of Zechariah includes this gem, “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6). There are areas or circumstances or challenges in each of our lives...
by ccvadmin | Jun 10, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #62 (June 10, 2020) In the 2017 film Star Wars: Episode VIII—The Last Jedi, Yoda reminds Luke Skywalker of something he already knew but had forgotten (something all of us know but tend to forget), “Failure is the greatest teacher”—or in...
by ccvadmin | Jun 9, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #61 (June 9, 2020) In John Steinbeck’s brilliant 1952 novel East of Eden, he poignantly describes the ongoing effects of the deep wound of childhood rejection: “The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell...
by ccvadmin | Jun 8, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #60 (June 8, 2020) I will never forget the first time I heard U2’s hit “New Year’s Day” (from their album War) on the radio in early 1983 when I was in 8th grade. I was mesmerized, and little did I know I would be a U2 fan for the next several...
by ccvadmin | Jun 5, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 59 (June 5, 2020) One of my favorite sections in The Book of Common Prayer is “Prayers and Thanksgivings”, a veritable treasure trove. Among these beautiful prayers is this one “For the Mission of the Church”: “Everliving God, whose will it is...
by ccvadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 58 (June 4, 2020) I love riding trains. As a boy I took my first train ride from Washington, D.C. to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia and loved watching the scenery change outside the window, and that has never changed. In 1965, in the midst of...
