A Feast of Solidarity
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on A Feast of Solidarity“Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.” The religiously good people of Jesus’ day may not have had that saying, but that was surely what some of them felt towards Jesus’ association with the “sinners” of their society. For them, ...
Epiphany Journey
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Epiphany JourneyThe feast of Epiphany, observed this year on January 3, commemorates the arrival of the Three Kings in Bethlehem after their journey from the East in search of newborn king of the Jews. We might think that this feast doesn’t have ...
Advent 2009: Walking the Valley
Monday, December 7th, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Advent 2009: Walking the ValleyThere’s a wonderful gospel song that says: You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley, You gotta go there by yourself. Nobody else can walk it for you. You gotta walk it by yourself. It’s an American religious song for sure, for there’s ...
Advent 2009: Changing Things
Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Advent 2009: Changing ThingsIt’s Advent again, that season when we usually focus on how the Lord comes to us. This year, however, how about thinking about how we come to God? We might want to go way back to Genesis and think about ...
Calm Skies
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Calm SkiesI get a little jittery when I’m on an airplane. I suspect most people do. But a few weeks ago, I felt very calm, not just because the stewardess was pleasant or there wasn’t any turbulence. Those helped, but what ...
