text “Is there room for laughter during Advent?” The older woman was in her late eighties and suffered from severe diabetes…
text “Don’t you just love Jesus?” As I held the door open for a woman carrying a florescent yellow umbrella, I…
text “Don’t you just love Jesus?” As I held the door open for a woman carrying a florescent yellow umbrella, I…
text 4th Sunday of Lent 2022: Truth and Reconciliation Years past, today was known as Laetare Sunday, from the first Latin word of the entrance song, …
text “God has a big eraser.” Over the past few years, I have come to value erasers. I prefer the erasers…
text “God has a big eraser.” Over the past few years, I have come to value erasers. I prefer the erasers…
text Third Sunday of Lent 2022: War and Remembrance We so easily forget… At the very beginning of Lent, one of the less cheery blessings on Ash…
text “Nothing is never enough for the person for whom enough is always too little.” In a more sinister vision than the one that led the United States astray in a…
text “Nothing is never enough for the person for whom enough is always too little.” In a more sinister vision than the one that led the United States astray in a…
text Second Sunday of Lent 2022: Sacrifice, Hope, and Transfiguration The Episcopalian communion observes Transfiguration Sunday just before the beginning of Lent, while…
text Heavenly Hash: A Lenten Temptation Answering the doorbell one Ash Wednesday morning, I received a package…
text Heavenly Hash: A Lenten Temptation Answering the doorbell one Ash Wednesday morning, I received a package…
text 1st Sunday of Lent C: 6 March 2022: Time of Trial We begin our Lenten pilgrimage this year all-too conscious of the great suffering being inflicted…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season of…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season of…
text 8th Sunday of the year: The First Casualty of War In July 1783, after the cessation of war between the American colonies and England, Benjamin…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” While I was waiting to order a cappuccino at a favorite coffee bar, I read…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” While I was waiting to order a cappuccino at a favorite coffee bar, I read…
text 7th Sunday of the Year: Blessed are the Merciful Biblical scholars have quibbled for centuries about the identities of the famed “Four Horsemen of…
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text 6th Sunday of the Year: True Blessedness Beginning in 1991, I taught courses in dreams, spirituality, and memory for graduates and…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local…
text 5th Sunday of the Year: The Call February is Black History month. At this fraught moment in our nation’s story, today’s readings…
