Harrowing Of Hell

Where Are You Going?

To watch, please click here. In preparation for our pilgrimage to Rome this fall, I invited the pilgrims to read a novel: Quo Vadis (kwo VAH-dis), by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (shen-KAY-vich) written in 1896. 130 years ago. Quo Vadis is Latin for: Where are you going? This historical novel which won the Nobel

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

I’ve been hearing lately about conversations people have had with family members and good friends who refused to get vaccinated. (disqualify people who are immune-compromised) These conversations are exasperating! Nothing they say inspires their loved one to change their mind. Nothing works. It is crazy making. This is life and death, and there are not

Thoughts and Prayers and…

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved. Our thoughts and prayers are with the hungry. Our thoughts and prayers are with the homeless. “Thoughts and prayers”: a very common phrase these days.  We hear about thoughts and prayers for Haiti; thoughts and prayers for Black Lives

Sermon on James

I am sad to say this will be my last Sunday with you before my wife and I get our house ready to go on the market and we make our move to Florida a permanent one. I am happy to say, however, that for this last sermon one of the assigned readings is the