Sistertech so admires the steadfastness of St. Polycarp. People seem so fickle these days, don’t they? But here was an individual who would not renounce his Christian faith. Psalm 121 addresses the kind of faith that Polycarp had. The One In Charge will never abandon us. 1I lift up my eyes to the hills— from [...]

We remember this day Eric Liddell, the “Flying Scotsman”, the star runner depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire. He famously refused to run on a Sunday in the 1924 Paris Olympics.  The Psalm today evoke those flying feet! Psalm 18 31For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our [...]

Today Sistertech remembers Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, circa 1818 – February 20, 1895). He’s one of the most important figures in both African American and United States history. Have you read his narrative about his years in slavery? About learning how to read? Amazing stuff.  For one who fought for the abolition [...]

This guy certainly mad a big splash! Every now and then Sistertech hears a bit of, well, gossip, about Luther. Some days it’s “The nerve! Who did he think he was?!” to “What in Heaven’s name took him so long?” It is only because of my supreme unflappability that Sistertech smiles at both sides and [...]

Today I remember Cyril and his brother Methodius. Sistertech is fond of different languages, both spoken and computer. What Sistertech appreciates most about these two missionaries is their fearlessness in the face of a daunting linguistic challenge: they translated the Church liturgy and much of the scriptures into Slavonic, which at the time had no [...]

Another great personage: Absalom Jones. Jones, along with Richard Allen, are often cited as the first ordained African Americans in the US. More on Jones here: In 1786 the membership of St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia included both blacks and whites. However, the white members met that year and decided that thereafter black [...]

What a fascinating person: Charles Freer Andrews (1871-1940). An English priest, educator and Indian freedom fighter. A close associate of Gandhi’s. Gandhi called him Christ’s Faithful Apostle. Get it? CFA — his initials. Much more on Andrews is here. Psalm 113:2-8 2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and for evermore. [...]

One of Sistertech’s early clients was a woman with a, shall we say, colorful past. When the client was a young girl she lived with her grandmother in Pasadena, CA. And who lived a few doors down? Relatives of Fanny Crosby. As best she can recall they were Crosby’s  nieces. Lovely women. The kind of [...]

#Fail. Of course, we’re all overjoyed here that the Saints won. According to Sarah, over in The Promises Department, it was never in doubt. That’s not what the #Fail is for. There’s been some flurry of ruffled feathers. Seems that as the camera was on Mr. Brees as he was holding his son, a television [...]

A familiar Psalm today, Ps. 46:1-3 1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Sistertech enjoys learning things. [...]