Where We Focus Matters
At the turn of the last century the major health issues facing Americans were all related to infectious disease. Today the leading causes of death and disability are primarily chronic […]
Read MoreShare Your Story: Carolyn Novak, 1981
I was a single mom of 4 children ages 3 to 7 years of age. I was on public assistance with very little education. I went back to school to […]
Read MoreWhat does Care of the Earth mean to me?
As an academic of the Public Health field, much of my student career has centered around Caring for the Earth, and Earth caring for us. When I became part of […]
Read MoreJust Smile
We are experiencing a bit too much of the “north” part of the “Northeast” lately! Where is the season of spring hiding? This is April, right? The cold, snowy weather […]
Read MoreAuthenticity as a Holy Place: The Cleansing of the Temple
The Cleansing of the Temple story is always one which attracts a lot of questions, usually about Jesus’ anger. In exploring this reading with students I have frequently been asked, […]
Read MoreMysterious Mountain Experience in the Midst of the Ordinary
As a lover of John’s gospel, I have always been intrigued why John chooses to omit the story of the transfiguration which is present in the synoptic tradition. It is […]
Read More60th Birthday
What do LEGO building blocks, the musical Grammy Awards, the actor Alec Baldwin, the singer Madonna, Maria College, and yours truly—Anne Devlin—all have in common? (Oops! The picture above may […]
Read MoreTemptation: Keeping our Mission in check!
This week the universal church heard Mark’s telling of the temptations of Jesus. For years I didn’t connect with this story, seeing Jesus as the God who could not authentically […]
Read MoreHair Today, Hair Tomorrow!
As I sit here on a rainy President’s Day Monday, a local news story has really piqued my interest…and, believe it or not, the story is about hair! Well, not […]
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