29 January 2022, Beatitudes
This Sunday’s Gospel Story is from a part of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount known as the Beatitudes. We are hearing this Story in the setting of more shootings, both…
22 January 2023. Part 2
Jesus says “The Kingdom of God is at hand”. As we look around at headlines, web pages, tweets, etc, it seems that quite a few folks want to use the…
Christmas 2022 Thoughts
One of the many things we can learn from Christmas is that for God people are important. Jesus came among us through people who were on the peripheries — an…
Thoughts on Christ the King
The Gospel Stories speak to us in the setting of what is going on in our life when we read or hear them. Right now with the death of my…
At an hour you do not expect . . .
In today’s Gospel Story (Lk 12:32-48) Jesus is telling his disciples, and us, to be alert because they/we do not know when he is coming into our lives. This is…
Time for some new ways of talking about God?
Faith looks a lot different depending on what questions I’m asking. The question I’m asking is could Jesus be telling us that it might be time for us to imagine…
Coronavirus Thoughts – Some Church Effects
There is little doubt that, even after it has passed and we return to what we have long known as normal life, the current Coronavirus crisis will have significant impact…
Some thoughts on the Coronavirus Situation . . .
The other day a friend of mine said, ”Jesus has to fix his church, because if he doesn’t people will just leave”. Maybe that is what all of us are…
Random Thoughts, December 2018
With the distressing news of current events in the church there is a lot of talk these days about clericalism — the system where celibate male priests/bishops/cardinals who have been…
Some thoughts on calling priests “Father”
Recently a well respected (definitely by me) Presbyterian Elder wrote an article entitled “Maybe it's time to reconsider calling priests ‘Father’" for the NCR (National Catholic Reporter). He had some…