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 “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 “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 Palm Sunday: March 28 2021 It hardly needs noting that we live in vexed and troubled times, not very much different from the…
text “We all do better when we all do better.” The reenactment of Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday…
text “We all do better when we all do better.” The reenactment of Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday…
text “Who was that masked man?” In the early 1950’s most of the homes in my neighborhood did not possess…
text “Who was that masked man?” In the early 1950’s most of the homes in my neighborhood did not possess…
text 5th Sunday of Lent 2021: The Everlasting Covenant Today western Christians begin the last full week of Lent, which ends with Holy Thursday and the…
text 4th Sunday of Lent 2021: the Rite of Return There doesn’t seem to be much joy in today’s readings, at least not at first glance. And…
text “Star light, star bright, The first star I see tonight; I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish Her hospital room was filled with multicolored stars dangling from the…
text “Star light, star bright, The first star I see tonight; I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish Her hospital room was filled with multicolored stars dangling from the…
text 3rd Sunday of Lent 2021: Peace Pilgrims It has been almost 21 years since Pope John Paul II visited Egypt, Jordan, and the Holy Land, where…
text “Faith is the absence of proof.” Mel Brooks, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1981 comedy film…
text “Faith is the absence of proof.” Mel Brooks, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1981 comedy film…
text 2nd Sunday of Lent: Beloved Sons Back in 1974, as I contemplated a year at Oxford, I had planned to study under the watchful eye of…
text “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.” “Who knows what evil lurks in t As my family rode home on late Sunday afternoons, my father would switch on…
text “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.” “Who knows what evil lurks in t As my family rode home on late Sunday afternoons, my father would switch on…
text 1st Sunday in Lent 2021: A fresh start? It seems that no matter how many hills we climb, or how dark the night, there’s another one to deal…
text “What floats your boat?” Good question, I thought, as I stared at the bumper sticker on the boat…
text “What floats your boat?” Good question, I thought, as I stared at the bumper sticker on the boat…
text Sixth Sunday of the Year: Honor, Love, and Cherish Although today’s readings focus on disease, specifically leprosy, and more importantly, compassion…
text “What are friends for?” I don’t recall when I first heard the phrase, “What are friends for”, but I…
text “What are friends for?” I don’t recall when I first heard the phrase, “What are friends for”, but I…
text Fifth Sunday of the Year: AKA Sexagesima Buccaneers versus Chiefs might sound like an episode from Peter Pan – if you were born on a…
