by Kristina Brzezinski | Oct 3, 2025 | Conversation
An hour ago, the world learned that England’s longest-reigning Monarch, Queen Elizabeth of the House of Windsor, died peacefully in Balmoral Castle. I offered my prayers for her and sat at the shore for a bit, pondering her life. Ascending to the throne in her...
by Kristina Brzezinski | Oct 3, 2025 | Direction
I recently enjoyed driving a carload full of college-bound men and women 5 hours back to the academy where they attend college. Along the way, our merry band of shanters (they are attending a maritime academy and so sea shanties occasionally break out) became engaged...
by Kristina Brzezinski | Oct 3, 2025 | Meditation
“He worked with Oppenheimer,” I heard myself saying as my friend, Dr. James Downs, lay in the hospital bed, shrinking in front of my eyes. Hours earlier, I had arrived at his apartment for our daily visit to find him in need of immediate care. I followed the ambulance...
by Kristina Brzezinski | Oct 3, 2025 | Prayer
Behold, Thou desirest truth in my innermost being: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, make me whiter than snow.Open my ears and make me hear of joy and gladness: and my bones that have...
by Kristina Brzezinski | Oct 3, 2025 | Poetry
“Your own personal Jesus…reach out and touch faith.” Depeche Mode Sacrilege or truth, you decide…or do you? Are we so free that we create truth? Can I determine what my “own personal Jesus” is saying to me? I have a conscience; it tells me what to do and when. Our...