ADVENT HOPE

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENTDECEMBER 3, 2023 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father;we are the clay, and you are our potter;we are all the work of your hand.ISAIAH 64:8 Advent – Day 1Sunday, December 3Isaiah 64:1-9Psalm 80:1-7, 17-191 Corinthians 1:3-9Mark 13:24-37 Welcome to Advent! In my previous post, I stated my goal of writing aContinueContinue reading “ADVENT HOPE”

ADVENT DRAWS NEAR

Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come.mark 13:33 Last year at this time, I was serving as Interim Rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville, Ohio. It gave me an opportunity to revive a practice that I had enjoyed when I was in active full-time parish ministry –ContinueContinue reading “ADVENT DRAWS NEAR”

A HOPE FOR PEACE

Gratitude is the emotional response to the surprise of our very existence.Diana Butler Bass (Grateful, p. 43) I am writing on Thanksgiving Eve of 2023 – Wednesday, November 22. It didn’t occur to me until last night, as my wife and I were driving home from an interfaith Thanksgiving service, that it was sixty yearsContinueContinue reading “A HOPE FOR PEACE”