Lenten Reflection Day #20
As the Pharisees grumbled about the fact that Jesus shared meals with “taxcollectors and sinners,” Luke records in chapter 15 three parables that Jesus told, linked together by the common theme […]
As the Pharisees grumbled about the fact that Jesus shared meals with “taxcollectors and sinners,” Luke records in chapter 15 three parables that Jesus told, linked together by the common theme […]
WWJD? What would Jesus do? The question isn’t always as simple at we assume. We live in a society quite different from the one in which Jesus lived. For […]
We are just about midway through Lent. Perhaps we started off Lent with some good intentions about steps we wanted to take to be more intentional in our spiritual lives, […]
Last week I was driving down Rt. 46 headed towards the recycling center when the familiar rumble of a flat tire forced me to pull over to the side of […]
A couple of days ago I talked about the parallel between the disciplined training of the Olympic athlete and the spiritual disciplines that we are called to engage in to […]
I spent the better part of the day at the hospital with Al and Gail. The hospital – especially the oncology ward — is a place we all would rather […]
Sometimes there is little to do but to remind ourselves and one another of the great affirmations of our faith; old familiar verses of scripture such as the 23rd psalm: […]
The things that cause people to be afraid varies from person to person. Sometimes our fears are irrational: spiders don’t bother me much, but they cause others to freak out. A […]
If you have watched any of the winter Olympics, you can’t help but marvel at the countless hours of training that the athletes have had to put in for years […]
The guest speaker at our church today told a little fable about a huge block of marble that a sculptor slowly chips away at over a period of several months, […]