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The Word: Our own eleventh hour
We have all heard of deathbed converts, those lucky people who turn to Christ just before death calls them: from the Good Thief to Oscar ...
Br. Maximilian Watner, Author at Farmville
Church & Community
Devotional: Let’s talk about the jewel of Lent
In Padua, Italy, in the late 16th century, university students would sometimes wander the streets after dark, and for entertainment, accost strangers and demand their ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Friday, February 10, 2023 1:02 am
Columns
The Word — The true test of mettle
By Jan. 23, 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley had traveled 913 miles on foot across Antarctica. He was attempting the first unsupported, unassisted crossing of ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Friday, January 6, 2023 2:47 pm
THE WORD
The Word — The sign of the Lord
On a July day, several years ago, I was backpacking through the European countryside. The beauty of the scenery was lost on me though, as ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Sunday, December 4, 2022 9:00 am
THE WORD
The Word — God’s favorite tool
“There was despair and fear in the soul, misery of every kind in the body, desolation all around. All of us had loved ones dead ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Sunday, October 30, 2022 9:00 am
Columns
The Word — Three Marines
On August 6, 1942, U.S. Marines landed in the Solomon Islands, northeast of Australia. Although, over the course of the next six months, the Allied ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Sunday, September 25, 2022 6:43 am
Columns
The Word — Can You Still Sing?
Little can compare with traditional Irish folk music for down-to-earth, heel-kicking fun. Some friends of mine had discovered it in their search for wholesome music ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Friday, August 19, 2022 10:09 am
Columns
The Word — Not feeling it
A young lady suffering from the havoc and death of WWII wrote to a friend, “I’m still so remote from God that I don’t even ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Saturday, July 16, 2022 6:53 pm
Columns
The Word: We have believed in love
Ten years ago this summer, I was in Econe, Switzerland. It was an idyllically beautiful day. The sun sparkled on the nearby Rhone River, and ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Friday, June 17, 2022 5:37 pm
Columns
The Word — The strangest grateful
Recently I had the opportunity to share a special meal with my spiritual father and some friends at my mother’s house. It was one of ...
by Br. Maximilian Watner, Saturday, May 21, 2022 6:02 pm
Columns
The Word — A gift from the risen Christ
A sunny, warm spring day…. Yellow tulips and daffodils…. Easter egg hunts… A basket of jelly beans. As with Christmas, we all have certain memories ...