CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
1. Â Â Â Â Â Â Diane was convinced there was absolutely no way all would be either calm or bright this late December eve. The reason being she...
NO PLACE FOR CHARITY IN THE METAVERSE
Why raising money for the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center violates any standard of decency is beyond me. Â
WHO’S GOING TO FIX THE HOLE IN MY ROOF?
I was meditating on the Gospel of Mark, specifically the story where the lame man's friends cannot get into the house where Jesus was...
2024: A POLITICAL FANTASY
On a snowy unnoticed day in early February, a ridiculously clad man brought his petitions to the Connecticut state capitol,filing for the...
BEWARE THE FREE MARKET AND YOUR ROAD TO SALVATION
The other day I was re-reading the parable of the talents, a story that has always troubled me. You know the tale Jesus tells, of three...
WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING IN THE SEMINARY?
It certainly isn't public speaking. I've gone to Church regularly for decades now, and I can count the number of memorable sermons on one...
HOW MY WIFE WOKE UP NEXT TO THIS LUMP IN HER BED
We're about a month away from the feast of St. Agnes (for those of you who are Catholic, that is.)Â Agnes's feast day is January 21,...
CAN WE PRY?
Grace and I were hiking one of the wonderful trails at the Mohonk Mountain House up in the Catskills early one morning when three women...
PIGGING OUT
A number of years ago I made a New Year's resolution that I still keep, namely reading a chapter a day from the New Testament. So I...
I FEEL CHEATED
Why Do People Take Down Christmas Decorations After the First Day of Christmas When There Are 12 Days of Christmas?
