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…
Random thoughts, December 2016
Recently I was asked to join the board of an international organization dedicated to church reform. This has caused, or at least provided an opportunity for, some introspection on my…
Current local events — convocation
As the annual Convocation of Priests approaches, a theme of which is the priest shortage, there have been “consultative” meetings where doctrine from on high is presented to the priests.…