On any given day of the week, in Jacksonville, Florida, the Shields family — Dad, Mom and eight children — start their day by dedicating their minutes and hours to God with a prayer known as the ...
Thursday morning after the Tuesday election I woke up at 2:30 a.m. — wide awake. As I lay there pondering the hard-fought election battle, I felt drawn to pray the morning prayer of St. Benedict. The ...
It's easy to tune out when the Senate goes through its morning rituals. The president pro tem calls the chamber to order; there's the Pledge of Allegiance. One morning could sound like any other.