So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober;
for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of […]

I spent much of Saturday in western Pennsylvania surround by my bitter family, clinging to our God.  (It’s a presidential campaign reference.)43 is far too young to die, especially when you’ve got 17- and 13-year-old children.  The thought of not seeing yout children get married, having grandchildren, etc, etc.. it’s sad.  Even more I grieve […]

Our parish rector is still on sabbatical, so while she’s away we sometime have guest preachers on Sunday morning to help out our assistant rector. This past Sunday, we listened to one of our fellow parishioners, a retired “famous” (so he says) staff member from the local professional football team. His topic was […]

“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
“Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
“But he was pierced […]