text “I would like to offer you a rational explanation, but I can’t figure it out.” The airline pilot’s words were not that comforting, especially since we had…
text “The great gift of Easter is hope.” Waiting in the wings to go on stage was the image that came to mind as I…
text El domingo, 17 de abril de 2022 Primer domingo de Pascua (Hechos 10:34a.37-43; Colosenses 3:1-4 [o I Corintios 5: 6b-8]; Lucas 24:1-12) A los…
text Palm Sunday 2022: The Mystery of Salvation Today, Christians around the world begin the holiest week of the year in which we recall the final…
text Thank you, Jesus, for showing us how to die. The bitter freezing day and a bone chilling wind hastened the burial ritual…
text Thank you, Jesus, for showing us how to die. The bitter freezing day and a bone chilling wind hastened the burial ritual…
text El domingo, 10 de abril de 2022 DOMINGO DE RAMOS DE LA PASIÓN DEL SEÑOR (Isaías 50:4-7; Filipenses 26-11; Lucas 22:14-23:49) Hace sesenta años un…
text Fifth Sunday of Lent 2022: Matters of Perspective Now with the fifth Sunday of our Lenten pilgrimage at hand, the goal of the journey approaches even…
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…