text “What causes you to come back every week to celebrate the Eucharist?” Measuring church attendance is not rocket science and remains an inadequate…
text “Did Jesus have a drinking problem?” Given the unusual circumstances at the Wedding Feast of Cana, Jesus performed…
text The Baptism of the Lord: Called to Witness Another year has sped by, or it seems so to those who are of a certain age. For the young, it …
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Before you start scrambling for a copy of your baptismal certificate, have…
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Before you start scrambling for a copy of your baptismal certificate, have…
text Feast of the Epiphany 2022: Not So Simple Gifts A new year has dawned. Like a venerable Christmas stocking, the “old year” was stuffed with…
text “Sorry, there is no room in the inn, but would you like to come in for a drink?” The Christmas pageant was in progress and Joseph, along with his wife Mary…
text “Sorry, there is no room in the inn, but would you like to come in for a drink?” The Christmas pageant was in progress and Joseph, along with his wife Mary…
text Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Holy Families Today, still in the bright glow of Christmas Day, we mark the Passover of one of the spiritual…
text “i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)” The final line of one of e.e. cummings’ “little poems” carries this beautiful…
text “i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)” The final line of one of e.e. cummings’ “little poems” carries this beautiful…
text 4th Sunday of Advent 2021: Why Bethlehem? As we near the end of 2021 it seems that each passing week witnesses another disaster or tragedy,…
text “Together we can do something wonderful.” One of Mother Teresa’s favorite statements summarized her view of ministry…
text “Together we can do something wonderful.” One of Mother Teresa’s favorite statements summarized her view of ministry…
text 3rd Sunday of Advent–Surprised by Joy? This Year of Our Lord, 2021, seems destined to end in both a deep sense of grief and a persistent…
text “Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.” Since there is no record in the New Testament of Jesus ever dancing, we might…
text “Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.” Since there is no record in the New Testament of Jesus ever dancing, we might…
text 2nd Sunday of Advent 2021: The Promise of Christmas As the days grow shorter before the great feast of the Nativity, it is sometimes hard to be “of…
text “At what time would you like your wake-up call?” The phone rang almost immediately when I entered my hotel room. Assuming the…
text “At what time would you like your wake-up call?” The phone rang almost immediately when I entered my hotel room. Assuming the…
text 1st Sunday of Advent 2021: The Coming of the Lord Today marks the beginning of Advent, a joyful season of preparation before the celebration of the…
text “The truth must dazzle gradually or every person be blind.” In her poem entitled “Tell all the truth, but tell it slant,” Emily Dickinson…
text “The truth must dazzle gradually or every person be blind.” In her poem entitled “Tell all the truth, but tell it slant,” Emily Dickinson…
text Solemn Feast of Christ the King of the Universe (and last Sunday of the Church year) Kings don’t amount to much these days. Elizabeth II has been much on people’s minds lately because…
text “Gotta Serve Somebody” When the album entitled Slow Train Coming was launched in 1979, one song from…
