Bible Study Reflections - Videos

For my Bible Study Regulars: 

The other day I overdid it and recorded four of the COVID-19 Bible Study reflections I’ve been writing over the past few months. I had gotten a little behind on the video recording and needed to catch up. Fortunately, Todd, our parish maintenance supervisor made himself available to handle all the video and audio details, so he and I spent a couple of hours while I droned on from the ambo before an empty church. Speaking with enthusiasm to absolutely no one is always a bit of a challenge. I prefer a living, breathing congregation. At least then I can tell if they’re awake or asleep, and know when to stop.

Krysten, our parish IT guru, will upload one video on each of the next four Mondays, so if you prefer to watch and listen, rather than read, you can go to the parish YouTube site every Monday and catch the video. If I sound a little less than enthusiastic on some of them, my apologies, but making four of these, one after another, was a bit of a challenge to my sanity.

Here’s the link to the Bible Study Reflection page of the parish YouTube site: Bible Study Videos

VIDEO - COVID-19 Bible Study Reflection #5: To Be a Disciple

Our pastor has asked me to record videos of several more of my COVID-19 Bible Study reflections, so the other day I took an hour or so to record three reflections:

#5 -- To Be a Disciple
#6 -- Abandonment
#7 -  Love One Another

I have embedded the video of #5 below. Krysten, our parish's wonderful IT guru, has also posted the video on the parish's YouTube site. It can be accessed there, along with the parish's recorded Masses and musical reflections: Bible Study Reflection #5: To Be a Disciple

The others -- #6 and #7 -- will be posted on the next two Mondays.

Just an FYI: This video is almost 19 minutes long, so if you'd rather just read it than listen to and watch it, the text is available here: Bible Study Reflection #5 Text.

God's peace...

Coping with COVID-19

OK, folks, it's time for a little humor, a few minutes of crystal-clear commentary on how we should handle the current crisis. The video embedded below, direct from Adley, presents what is probably the most rational approach to coping with COVID-19. Remember, listen to the "experts" -- they'll never steer you wrong.

The New Pope...Doing an Awesome Job?

Okay, it's time for a little levity amid all the in-depth commentary and oh-so-serious prognostications by the wags and pundits who have gathered in Rome to report on the conclave. The below video was made several days ago, before the College of Cardinals even entered the conclave, and consists of interviews of people on the street in which they are asked their opinions of the "new Pope". The scary thing, of course, is that these people probably vote in our elections as well...

Pope2you - New Site

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, you have to check out the Vatican's latest move into cyberspace: http://Pope2you.net.

Among other things, the site is a portal to Pope Benedict's Facebook page and YouTube channel. It also includes video and audio applications for all you iPhone and iPod users out there. All in all, a great site and one I'll be visiting frequently.

It's a wonderful way to keep up with Pope Benedict's activities and certainly worth a daily visit. Enjoy it.