Christianity | Beth Byrnes

Winged flowers

Posted on September 2, 2016 20 Comments

When I walk through our family room in the morning, someone says in a bright and hopeful voice, “I love you”. No, not my spouse who is usually at work by this time, but my companion Psyche. And she means it. Recently, I saw a study on what makes for longevity. It was conducted by […]

Holy waters

Posted on September 25, 2015 36 Comments

This was going to be a completely different post, concentrating on the event we attended this past week. But, instead, I was completely absorbed by the visit of Pope Francis and the canonization of Saint Junípero Serra. What struck me as remarkable was the coincidence of my ongoing blog posts and Flickr sets focusing on the […]

Subscribing to science, believing in God, practicing Christianity

Posted on February 7, 2014 22 Comments

This is a subject that evokes so much emotion, that I will try to keep my ideas and suggestions here brief. I am sure most Americans are aware of the “debate” that took place recently between Bill Nye and Ken Ham on Creationism and Evolution. If you missed it, you can watch it here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/04/271648691/watch-the-creationism-vs-evolution-debate-bill-nye-and-ken-ham. So, […]

Whose values?

Posted on October 14, 2013 29 Comments

This is Columbus Day. I just heard that there is a movement to change this holiday to Native American’s Day. Sounds like a good idea to me. That made me think about a couple of things going on right now. For one, one of our three parties is holding their annual “Values Voter Summit” this […]

POVerty and the shadowy TPP

Posted on September 28, 2013 6 Comments

I have been reflecting on the American way of life recently. All the tumult over the Affordable Care Act has dredged up a great deal of emotion, mostly fear, and of course as I have said repeatedly in past posts here, stoked by international as well as national corporate interests. There are corporations, backed by […]