Acts of Hope

 Here is the full litany whose first two verses were quoted in This Week at Emmanuel Church 's "Advent at Home."    Read it sl...

Someone on Facebook asked why my parents got married in Mexico City. Since it's too long an answer for Facebook, here goes. My father go...

The Amazing Parents of Acts of Hope are still alive and kicking at 91, after a scare this winter when Mother of Acts of Hope had medical epi...

"What is the whole of our existence," said Father Damien, practicing his sermon from the new pulpit, "but the sound of an app...

Doxy and Dear Friend had the following statement in the wedding program: Even in our joy, we do not forget our friends and loved ones who ar...

Enough already with all the work. You've got to stop and smell the magnolias. More from one of the reporters on the scene here. The ...

Friends of this blog will recognize (or see for the first time) the faces of some notorious bloggers. L to R: The not-so-blushing-but-quite-...

The intrepid Parents of Acts of Hope phoned to say they are home safely and happy birthday. They had a wonderful trip. They are off to bed ...

My aunt Anne Rothenberg, née Anne Becker, died of cardiac arrest early this evening in New York. Her son, my cousin Ron, said that she went ...

Today is the wedding anniversary of Mother and Father of Acts of Hope, both still alive, thanks be to Godde, at age 90. It is their 69th an...

My cousin Lisa's husband Gerald died late last night after living with Alzheimer's for the last several years. He was only in his ea...

Because I can't resist, and because I love this song . No video, just good sound. Turn the sound up, get up, and and dance! This is goin...

We had a lovely day, Parents of Acts of Hope and I -- just the three of us, which was exactly what we wanted. Phone calls arrived from memb...

P.S. Missed the blogswarm yesterday, since it was my 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. work day, but dear Californians, please vote no on 8. Let people l...

Doxy has just posted eloquently from the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Read Doxy's report and commentary here.

It seems Acts of Hope cannot avoid all things Lambeth. Today we bring you a fine essay by my friend and Anglican mentor (the Rev. Dr.) Bill...

I had this in as a Tuesday P.S. to my Monday post for about an hour, but it was getting so long I decided to give it a post of its own. (1) ...

Loving, brave women . Congratulations and blessings to you, Phyllis and Del. "Again," because we remember 2004, when you were als...

Salon has a poignant, thoughtful, sharp commentary by Phyllis Chesler on the very public mother-daughter tensions between the writers Rebe...

Francophile that I am, I read all the reports about Yves Saint Laurent 's funeral today and looked at several dozen news photos. Picture...