May 10, 2026 Sixth Sunday of Easter In the beginning, he was a freelance window cleaner, paid by the pane. Then a client asked him to clean a vacant property, one that was an absolute mess. From there, he started a company that will tidy up anything, no matter how repulsive. His name is Ben Giles. Along with the members of his team, he can clean everything from crime scenes to industrial accidents. According to The Guardian, he has become an expert in removing evidence of spi

May 3, 2026 Fifth Sunday of Easter “Satisfaction Guaranteed.” You see it stamped on boxes, printed on receipts, and splashed across storefront windows and websites. It is the promise we crave before we buy. The phrase was part of the consumer lingo-sphere long before Mick Jagger began complaining that he “can’t get no satisfaction.” Today, the concept of guaranteed satisfaction has wandered far beyond Jagger’s personal problems and the shopping malls of America. It is across

April 26, 2026 Fourth Sunday of Easter (Easter III) Many voices call out to us in our noisy world. Some are telling us to be afraid - very afraid. Others invite us to follow their programs, buy their products or support their candidates. Other voices give us strength and peace, even in the middle of dangerous situations. Whose voice are you hearing? Joan Mulholland was a Freedom Rider in the early 1960s. She was part of a group of Blacks and whites who rode on interstate bus

April 12, 2026 Low Sunday/Divine Mercy Sunday Who really shot JFK? Were the moon landings real or staged? Did Elvis really die in 1977, or did he fake his death in order to get some privacy? Was Paul McCartney actually replaced by a look-alike when he allegedly died in 1966? Was 9/11 staged by the U.S. government? Did Trump win the 2020 elections? Are all these questions crazy? Maybe it depends on the thickness of your tinfoil hat. Americans love a good conspiracy theory, and

April 5, 2026 Easter Sunday Imagine the shock of visiting a loved one’s grave, only to find incontrovertible evidence that the grave has been tampered with and the body is nowhere to be found. This is essentially Mary’s situation in the opening verses of the Gospel text, and it was also the experience of Sherene Johnson. Ten members of the Johnson family are buried in Brighton Cemetery in Alabama. It is a town that gets a lot of rain, and it is not unusual for the cemetery to