February 25, 2021 – As more and more members of our parishes are able to get the COVID vaccine, we’re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s still a long tunnel. And since we …
Remember that you are dust… February 11, 2021 Most people aren’t aware that there are two ways that ashes are imposed in the church on Ash Wednesday, and that the one we’re unfamiliar with is more common and more …
Introduction to our winter Mental Health series January 14, 2021 For those of us, like me, who struggle with depression, winter can be a difficult time in normal circumstances. I’ve learned through years of experience that I need to …
Happy holy days! December 24, 2020 Now we enter the traditional 12 days of Christmas. And they are full of days that are holy on their own. Which is where the holiday greeting comes from, and why it is …
And Mercy Mild December 17, 2020 “I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel.” Leave it to Charlie Brown to sum …
Welcome in the cold dark night December 10, 2020 Much like the Babylonian god Enlil who destroyed the world in a flood because humans were just too noisy, we are led to believe that what the Grinch hates about …
God Rest You Merry December 3, 2020 “Humbug!” shouts Ebenezer Scrooge at the carolers, and those collecting for charity, and his nephew, and anyone and everyone else crossing his path. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the great, great-granddaddy …
Make your house fair as you are able . . . November 26, 2020 The 25,000 imported Italian twinkle lights are finally shining (although not twinkling) and the family is gathered on the lawn to watch. One by one …