For the first time in two years, I was not an attendee of my Diocese’s Annual Convention. Best Dude & I ha planed a trip long before we knew the dates of DioCGC12, so I took this as a sign from God that it is time fo someone else to experience serving a lay delegate [...]
Being generous also means sharing our gifts & abilities . Not all of us are blessed by God with the same gifts & talents, but all are blessed. In the days of Jesus, a ” talent” was a coin that represented a lot of Roman currency. Each of the gifts that God betsowed upon you [...]
I like a good cup of coffee. Best Dude & often I frequent coffee joints. One of our favorite coffee stops is a family owned place in our beach town. He thinks that this little place serves ” the best biscuits & gravy ever” I think the fare at this coffee place is good. Once [...]
I do not buy into ” works theology” , the idea that one can earn points with God by performing certain works. To subscribe to such an exclusive theology would totally discount that thing we know as God’s grace. { Martin Luther had it correct in his 99 theses against the Roman Catholic Church regarding [...]
I am proud to be Irish-American. Dad’s people came to western Pennsylvania in the early 1800′s. I’ve grown up among my Irish American kin & identify strongly as an Irish-American. But there is also some English on Dad’s Mom’s side of the family, relatives about whom my brother & I did not know about until [...]
Bishop Katharine started out her adult life as an oceanographer. According to her, this was a vocation that she dearly loved. But when the government’s funding for the research program on which she worked ran out, she found herself without an income & ” at loose ends”. In her book she said that the subject [...]
Today is Day 8. Bishop Katharine gave me a challenging meditation on which to ponder. She tells a story of bringing Communion to some residents in a nursing home. In this particular nursing home , Bishop Katharine inadvertently gave Communion to a Jewish woman who had come to receive the Bread & Cup of life. [...]
This week is Advent 3, 2011 in the Church Year. During yesterday morning’s homily my priest talked about how the third Sunday in Advent has been known as ” Rose Sunday. Contrary to popular belief, this nickname has nothing to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary–rather it marks the ” halfway” part of Advent. This [...]
Bishop Katharine uses the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman to ask you and me a simple question. Who it is who as, as did the Samaritan woman, reached out to us for assistance? My challenge to myself is to look around me this upcoming week for an encounter with someone hom God just [...]
Once again, the Spirit has played a joke on me. Today’s reading is much-better suited for All Saints All Souls’ Day. But it is Advent & I know there is a seasonal message in this sermonette. Saints are celebrated in the Church as examples towards Godly, but not perfect living. If you’ve read any biography [...]
