Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that...

The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross has its origin in the fourth century, when the Emperor Constantine’s mother Helena oversaw...

I will admit right up front that the word slavery as a metaphor in modern usage is problematic. Our nation’s history of the horrors of...

The day Father Chuck turned fifty, he bought supper for everybody at the street mission. Father Chuck was a regular Monday night...

On the first leg of my flight home, the police were summoned to nab a passenger. The man wasn’t dangerous or violent, but he was...

Impatient. Divisive. Contemptuous.   Three words seldom used to describe Jesus, but here he is and there they are, all in one gospel...

In her recent obituary, The New York Times  wrote of the actress Loni Anderson that she typified the American beauty standards of her day...

“ Our days are full of pain, our work is a vexation, and even at night our minds do not rest.” When the wise and wealthy king over Israel...

What’s in it for God?   The Church has always held that God doesn’t need us; God doesn’t need anything. God is God.   We are made in...

Way back in seminary I learned that if I stopped and prayed before studying or writing, I was more focused and less frustrated. The same...

Altruists claim that humans can act selflessly to help others, expecting no benefit or reward.   Rubbish! say the psychological egoists....

“May I buy your  breakfast?”   A street parishioner asked me that as we sat near each other at the Pork Store Café. I had intended to nod...

I don’t think it’s ever been called a miracle: Was Jesus the rare man in history to turn down the opportunity to label a group of people...

† She is one of our more colorful street parishioners – colorful in hair, in nails, in clothing, and in expression. Until you talk with...

It was a kind of a reverse loaves and fishes situation. Garbed in my cassock, collar, and cap as usual, I was on a Thursday night-walk...

“On the ‘feast of Pentecost,’ or Whitsunday, June 9, 1549, the Book of Common Prayer  and the Act of Uniformity became the law of the...

How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paree? This song was a hit right after World War I, when our boys were coming...

What a long, strange trip it’s been, these past eight days. A joyous Easter Day to you, and for those are celebrating concurrently the...

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching...

What if smart phones were around when Jesus was? No doubt word about him would’ve traveled faster and farther. Jesus said many Tweetable...