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 26th Sunday of the Year: True Obedience September has been another record-shattering period for wildfires in the West and hurricanes in the…
text .“Yes! We have no bananas.” Reportedly, a woman in search of bananas went into a tiny grocery store…
text .“Yes! We have no bananas.” Reportedly, a woman in search of bananas went into a tiny grocery store…
text 25th Sunday of the Year: Beyond Justice This past week, the Chicago area was witness to a nurses’ strike for more just wages and fairer…
text "Too much of a good thing is wonderful!" The young mother and her two children were sitting in the booth behind me. I…
text "Too much of a good thing is wonderful!" The young mother and her two children were sitting in the booth behind me. I…
text 24th Sunday of the year: The Wondrous Cross Tomorrow’s observance of the Triumph of the Cross marks the half-way point to the great Paschal…
text “The person seeking revenge must be prepared to dig two graves.” The Chinese get blamed for a lot of things, especially in the business world…
text “The person seeking revenge must be prepared to dig two graves.” The Chinese get blamed for a lot of things, especially in the business world…
text 23rd Sunday of the Year: Love in Troubled Times [It has been a very difficult week according to the news media—not watching it helps to keep…
text “Where two or three are gathered in my name, it’s time to pass the basket.” When the pastor got up to preach, the little girl turned to her mother and…
text “Where two or three are gathered in my name, it’s time to pass the basket.” When the pastor got up to preach, the little girl turned to her mother and…
text 22nd Sunday of the Year: Storms of Life [Today is Day 8 of my new quarantine period after return from Ireland a week ago. With classes at…
text “You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed myself to be duped.” “You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed mys Openly lamenting his faithful service to God, Jeremiah, the reluctant prophet…
text “You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed myself to be duped.” “You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed mys Openly lamenting his faithful service to God, Jeremiah, the reluctant prophet…
text “Finding a way home.” The customer line did not look that long, but on a hot day any length of line…
text “Finding a way home.” The customer line did not look that long, but on a hot day any length of line…
text Twentieth Sunday of the Year: That All May Be One As the Church looks at time, we are approaching the midpoint between the end of the Easter season…
text “Jesus, you got that right.” A few years ago, at the baptism of a street person who had found both Jesus…
text “Jesus, you got that right.” A few years ago, at the baptism of a street person who had found both Jesus…
text 19th Sunday of the Year: Walking on Water What began as a fairly normal year (in the strange world of Trump, Brexit, etc.) too quickly turned…
text “Faith is walking on water against your better judgment.” Listening through both the silence and the chaos that surrounded us, Jack…
text “Faith is walking on water against your better judgment.” Listening through both the silence and the chaos that surrounded us, Jack…
text “Whatever happened to the twelve baskets of leftovers?” Some years ago, I was invited to a luncheon held at The Old Country Buffet…
