text “Is Jesus asleep in your boat?” As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to step down from the bridge of the “The…
text “God has a big eraser.” Over the past few years, I have come to value erasers. I prefer the erasers…
text Third Sunday of Lent 2022: War and Remembrance We so easily forget… At the very beginning of Lent, one of the less cheery blessings on Ash…
text “Nothing is never enough for the person for whom enough is always too little.” In a more sinister vision than the one that led the United States astray in a…
text Second Sunday of Lent 2022: Sacrifice, Hope, and Transfiguration The Episcopalian communion observes Transfiguration Sunday just before the beginning of Lent, while…
text Heavenly Hash: A Lenten Temptation Answering the doorbell one Ash Wednesday morning, I received a package…
text 1st Sunday of Lent C: 6 March 2022: Time of Trial We begin our Lenten pilgrimage this year all-too conscious of the great suffering being inflicted…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season of…
text 8th Sunday of the year: The First Casualty of War In July 1783, after the cessation of war between the American colonies and England, Benjamin…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” While I was waiting to order a cappuccino at a favorite coffee bar, I read…
text 7th Sunday of the Year: Blessed are the Merciful Biblical scholars have quibbled for centuries about the identities of the famed “Four Horsemen of…
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text 6th Sunday of the Year: True Blessedness Beginning in 1991, I taught courses in dreams, spirituality, and memory for graduates and…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local…
text 5th Sunday of the Year: The Call February is Black History month. At this fraught moment in our nation’s story, today’s readings…
text “To know Jesus means spending the rest of your life wondering what hit you.” There is nothing very ordinary about the readings from the Fifth Sunday in…
text 4th Sunday of the Year: The Price of Prophecy [The following is substantially a homily I preached in 2019; there isn’t much I felt needed…
text 3rd Sunday of the Year: United We Stand To say that we live in fraught times is an understatement, but may be our lot for some time to come…
text “Receive what you are: The Body of Christ.” At first, the nurse seemed reluctant to say anything about the condition of…
text Second Sunday of the Year: Abundant Gifts At first glance, today’s readings seem to have little if any connection. The gospel account of the…
text “Did Jesus have a drinking problem?” Given the unusual circumstances at the Wedding Feast of Cana, Jesus performed…
text The Baptism of the Lord: Called to Witness Another year has sped by, or it seems so to those who are of a certain age. For the young, it …
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Before you start scrambling for a copy of your baptismal certificate, have…
text Feast of the Epiphany 2022: Not So Simple Gifts A new year has dawned. Like a venerable Christmas stocking, the “old year” was stuffed with…
text “Sorry, there is no room in the inn, but would you like to come in for a drink?” The Christmas pageant was in progress and Joseph, along with his wife Mary…
