by Peter-Michael Preble | Nov 15, 2011 | Opinion
The Gospel passage in a recent Sunday liturgy was Luke 10:25-37, the parable of the Good Samaritan. The point of this story, as is the point of the entirety of the gospel, is love of neighbor. We will not be judged on how many services we attend or how well we chant...
by Peter-Michael Preble | Sep 27, 2010 | Opinion
At 9:13 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23, the Commonwealth of Virginia executed 41-year-old Teresa Lewis. She was convicted of plotting to kill her husband and stepson. She became the first woman in 100 years to be executed in Virginia and the 12th woman in the United...
by Peter-Michael Preble | Aug 30, 2010 | Opinion
I have a Scripture reading system in which I read first from the Gospels and then from the Epistles. I read this as well as a selection of Psalms every day. One day I came across a section of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans (13:1-7), and it caused me to pause...
