The Mountain Vista Moment of 2013…A Son is Born In the run-up to the due date, I was, admittedly, hoping for another daughter. A. has been such a delight and I was nervous about having a boy. Since we waited to find out the gender of our second-born, I was calm but uncertain. Wow, was I wrong. What a delightful and charming little guy we … Continue reading A Mountainous 2013
I want my internet time to be more valuable. Right now I consume news and information, make snide anonymous comments and brood at what pops up on my Facebook feed. So one of my resolutions is to do the internet more in line with what I believe and hope to be. Step one is the ending of Facebook. I’m not trying to be cynical, but … Continue reading A More Valuable Internet
Christmas is like chaff. There is this great life-giving gem that is the birth of a Savior, who will save all of Creation. We’ve taken this gem and wrapped it in good-intentioned but meaningless stuff. While I love a good present, I am more-and-more bothered by the lack of serenity in the world. What a sublimely magnificent place (follow NASA on Twitter to see). What … Continue reading Matthew 3: The Threshing Floor of Advent
Last night was our budget meeting. We talked about our giving, wondered what we’re going to do for falling short on apportionments and bemoaned not having enough. A conversation arose about tithing. The older generation tithed as a ‘duty’. Others expressed how tithing gets rewarded: with further wealth or at least security. I’m a slower thinker, but I make up for it by being thorough (I … Continue reading Tithing Isn’t Christian
Joan Chittister’s well-being is at the mercy of her community. She has a commitment to God, codified in her Church’s discipline that marries her fate to that of her town. It is group salvation. As she told Religion and Ethics Newsweekly “Benedictines take to this day a vow of stability.What does that mean? It means we’re in Erie for life. We go down with this … Continue reading Itinerancy Means Never Having to Say “I’m There for You”
Football is the modern reincarnation of the tobacco industry. Twenty years from now, will we look back and think “How did we let that happen?” This past week the NFL settled a lawsuit with former players suffering various devastating effects from their playing days. The settlement of $765 million dollars to be paid out over 20 years to over 5800 plaintiffs comes out to just under $6,600 … Continue reading Football as the Modern Reincarnation of the Tobacco Industry
This has been sitting in the draft folder for a while now. [Y]ou also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ [1 Peter 2:5 (NIV) Read the whole passage] We live in a skeptical age. It’s not just that people don’t believe in God. Perhaps the bigger tragedy is … Continue reading Spiritual Houses, a Reflection on 1 Peter 2:5
Resurrection now Walking, grieving, watching birds- “Oh, I’ll see you soon.” Continue reading Harold’s Haiku
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