CROWNING WITH THORNS

"Both during and after the colonial era in American history, white settlers engaged in prolonged conflicts with Native Americans in the United States, seeking to displace them and seize their lands, resulting in American enslavement and forced assimilation into settler culture" (Wikipedia). "...approximately 100,000 Indigenous people were forced from their homes during the Trail of Tears, and some 15,000 died during their relocation" (Britannica). "The 19th century witnessed

Loving through Illness: Mental Illness and the Beauty of Suffering - Homiletic & Pastoral Review (October 2025) Suffering Through Mental Illness with God's Love - Catholic Stand - (November 2025) Why do some speak so strongly against mental illness and those who suffer with it? With mental illness as common today as many other illnesses of the body, one questions why there is a negative stigma connected to illnesses of the mind. One's brain is simply another part of the hum

" Come to me , all you that labor, and are burdened, and I will refresh you " (Matthew 11:28, RHE).