Archive for December, 2008

New Year’s Resolutions

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on New Year’s Resolutions

I met a boy with his family recently who told me he had some hopes and plans for the new year.  I asked him to write them down and let me put them on the web. Here they are, along ...

The Mystery of the Incarnate God

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in photo | Comments Off on The Mystery of the Incarnate God

Message of the Manger

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Message of the Manger

What do we see when we look at the manger scene? We see something that may be a little startling (babies aren't usually put in hay bins to sleep), but babies themselves are nothing odd or unusual. It would be ...

Impatient Waiting

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Impatient Waiting

In Advent the Church urges us to practice longing for God’s coming. The reading from Isaiah for the first Sunday of Advent spells it out: “O that You would rend the heavens and come down!” --- a plea, almost a ...

First Snow

Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in photo | Comments Off on First Snow