Do You Not Care That We Are Perishing?

Recently I read the following in a book review in the Wall Street Journal. The book is November 1942 by Peter Englund and the reviewer Karin Altenbery [Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2023] What was the world like the month I was born? My dad stationed in England as...

May God the Father

May God the Father, Out of the rich treasury of his glory, Strengthen you through his spirit with a power that reaches Your innermost being. May Christ find a dwelling-place through faith in your hearts, So that rooted and grounded in love, You may measure with all...

Meditations about Peter

We talk about our Sunday readings in our Tuesday staff meetings. Sometimes we also talk about the art we will use in the service bulletin. “What do you suggest?” someone asked me. I hadn’t given it much thought — no, that’s not quite right, I had not given it any...

For God So Loved the World

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life… Do you recall a message, a sermon, that you still remember, that sometimes when you recall it you almost re-capture the feeling, the...

The Light of His Countenance

Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. Led them up a high mountain apart… Mountains, high places have always seemed special places, even holy places. Ireland has such a place, a holy mountain. Several years...