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Nothing Is Hid – The Light Reveals All

BlogSeptember 9, 2022491Views 0Likes 1Comment

I had just bought a new flashlight for youth camp. It was one of my first times serving at camp as a newly ordained priest and my cabin was a bit of a hike away from the center of the retreat center. I confess I was a bit nervous and the last thing I needed…

Lord, Don’t You Care?

BlogSeptember 8, 2022517Views 0Likes 0Comments

It was painful to watch. He was spiraling down into the abyss of human fear and addiction, and he was my friend. I watched as he struggled but still stumbled and I heard the desperation in his voice when he called me and asked that most human and most underr=satandable question when you are trapped…

Enslaved to Perpetual Immaturity – Sunday Homily

BlogSeptember 7, 2022534Views 0Likes 0Comments

At War With Yourself

BlogSeptember 7, 2022498Views 0Likes 0Comments

Growing up as a young man in the 1970s meant I heard some of the best music in the world! One song I remember that got the whole car singing along was the anthem “United we Stand” by the Brotherhood of Man. The chorus was “For united we stand, divided we fall. And if our…

Authority to Tread on Serpents

BlogSeptember 6, 2022365Views 0Likes 0Comments

An old American comic strip called Pogo made famous an old saying from the War of 1812: "We have met the Enemy and he is us!" We seem to thrive on keeping track of enemies, real and imagined. And by doing so, we think we are staying "safe." I always find it a bit ironic when…

Speaking Truth to Power

BlogSeptember 5, 2022488Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's been a mantra of those who speak out in societies facing the consequences of oppressed people. It first appeared in the pamphlet "Speak Truth to Power: A Quaker Search for an Alternative to Violence" in 1955. But it's actually an ancient Greek concept known as "παρρησια" which literally means "to speak freely." And the…

Knowing God And Knowing Myself

BlogSeptember 2, 2022435Views 0Likes 0Comments

I read this quote from St. Paisios and my heart both lept for joy and sank into despair: "Completely have trust in God, leave everything in His hands, and believe that His love will act for your own benefit." What joy and what an awesome invitation. But I can't accept this invitation to trust God if I…

Let’s Lose the Drama, Please!

BlogSeptember 1, 2022444Views 0Likes 2Comments

Why all the drama? OK, I have to confess, I am no fan of drama for drama's sake, and I'm in the house with two daughters who excel in drama! "She touched me" "She's looking at me" WHAT? She's "looking at you? Really? I guess I didn't get the "drama" gene, because nothing sets me…

The Temporary Tent and the Eternal Temple

BlogAugust 31, 2022679Views 0Likes 0Comments

I remember reading Aesop's Fables and Mother Goose stories to my kids when they are little and actually would sit still while I read to them! These stories contained cultural lessons that have been passed down for generations. Humpty Dumpty, Old Mother Hubbard, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and so…

No Longer From A Human Point of View

BlogAugust 30, 2022648Views 0Likes 0Comments

C.S. Lewis, in The Weight of Glory, writes: It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you say it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else…

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Nothing Is Hid – The Light Reveals All

Lord, Don’t You Care?

Enslaved to Perpetual Immaturity – Sunday Homily

At War With Yourself

Authority to Tread on Serpents

Speaking Truth to Power

Knowing God And Knowing Myself

Let’s Lose the Drama, Please!

The Temporary Tent and the Eternal Temple

No Longer From A Human Point of View

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