Matthew 15: 10-28
A couple of weeks ago a member of our parish came up to me and said, “George, I’ve really been pondering and thinking about what you said in that homily a couple of months ago.” I remember turning and saying, “What homily, and what did I say?”…
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28, Matthew 14:22-33
When I was a college student in the 1970’s, there came out a wrist band that we wore in honor of the prisoners of war and missing in action soldiers in Vietnam. These bracelets had been produced by a group to keep in front of us that there were many missing soldiers…
Matthew 14:13-21
I recently attended a concert at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre which is a huge outdoor venue. I have been there many times over the years, sometimes sitting the lawn and other times sitting under the roofed end section…
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
I’m asked oftentimes by folks here at St. Paul’s about things that we do on Sunday in the liturgy. Why do we do this prayer? What’s the meaning of this? I want to address that today. I want to talk about what we refer to as the Eucharistic Prayer…
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Well I think we’re solidly into summer now. We’ve made that final slide after the wrapping up of the school year, planning a vacation, and all kind of nice warm weather coming our way. I can almost feel the little reduction in activity…
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Beautiful Boy, Darling Boy is a song written by John Lennon for his son Sean. The lyrics contain the famous Lennon quote, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” These words are frequently on my mind these days…
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
My favorite Broadway show is Les Miserables. I’ve seen it three times. And when I was budgeting myself to see Broadway when I lived nearby in Connecticut and New Jersey I knew that I was giving up something new for something I’d already seen…
Matthew 10:40-42
I’ve often mentioned that I’m a late bloomer, and I’ve often shared that I met my husband Craig at Penn State. We got married after my sophomore year and at the end of Craig’s senior year. It had been my great hope to finish college…
Matthew 10:24-39
In the last newsletter article I had written an article about some books that I read over the last month or two and just wanted to share those with you as I was setting the theme of summer reading and three books I had read. I wanted to share some thoughts on that in connection to today’s gospel…
Matthew 28:16-20
I came here from New Jersey about six months ago and I noticed that things are different in New Jersey than they are in North Carolina. In my first church I finished the service and I walked to the narthex to greet people and a couple of folks were over in the corner kind of whispering to each other…