Readings:1 Kgs 19:16-21; Ps 19; Gal 5:1,13-18; Lke 9:51-62 Growing up in suburban New York back in the fifties, I loved the long days of sum...

Readings: Zed 12:10-11;13:1 ;Ps 63; Gal 3:26-29; Lk 9:18-24 Something we notice when reading the Gospels is that Jesus always seems to be as...

Readings: Gen 15:1-12,17-18; Ps 105; Mt 7:15-20 Do you remember that preacher, Harold Camping, who predicted the world would end on October ...

Readings: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 I grew up in the Northeast, along the coast, so whenever I read in the Bible about sowing an...

Readings: 2 Cor 3:4-11 • Psalm 99 • Matthew 5:17-19 Not long ago I heard a theologian suggest that Jesus didn’t know He was divine until...

I haven't posted anything in almost a month. I've simply been too busy since returning in early June from our trip up north. And the...

Been There, Done That... (Sunday, June 9) Readings: 1 Kg 17:17-24; Ps 30; Gal 1:11-19; Lk 7:11-17 As we hear the Gospel read each Sunday...

Scripture and the Power of God (Wednesday, June 5) Readings: Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a  • Psalm 25 • Mk 12:18-27   Today’s Gospel reading...

So far our trip to Massachusetts has been wonderful. We've already visited our elder daughter and younger son and their families and ar...

Dear Diane and I have four children, now all grown up, either past forty or pushing It. We've been blessed as well with nine grandchildr...

I haven't posted anything for some time now, and can offer no excuse other than busyness. And for the past few weeks Dear Diane and I ha...

Readings: Acts 13:14,43-52; Ps 100; Rev 7:9,14b-17; Jn 10:27-30 Today, the 4th Sunday of Easter, is often called “Good Shepherd Sunday,” a...

Every so often I come across news stories that cause me to suspect that I've wandered into Wonderland. Here are a few that cannot be ig...