What does it mean to be Church?
The title of this post is the question that we will be looking at during the next session of Pub Theology. On Friday, August 6th we will attempt to answer this ...
Tag: Ramblings
Family Reunion
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then you know for the last week I have been away in Nashville for a family reunion. What an amazing family I have. We h...
Forgiveness
I have written on this topic before but I don’t think we can ever talk about the topic of forgiveness. Last year, a couple was stopped on the side of the road t...
One word at a Time ~ Summer
It is interesting that this is the word this time around as I am on Vacation with my family in Tennessee. Summer is what that time is for. As clergy I am on the...
John Adams
On this 4th of July I pause with a few thoughts on John Adams. I have been watching the HBO miniseries of the same name and one of the things you learn straight...
On the Train
As I mentioned in my previous post I am off on another adventure on the train. I am headed to Chicago to the Congress of the Romanian Archdiocese. Every other y...
Town Election, Birthday, and off to Chicago
Yesterday was the Annual Town Election in Southbridge. I was not surprised to see the low turnout, about 1,700 out of a population of some 17,000. I guess peopl...
Small Town Politics
I do not often make comments on this blog about the political happenings in the Village but I fell compelled to speak up about this one. Earlier this year the S...
Free Speech
A recent story on CNN.com outlines a problem in the Massachusetts town of Walpole. It would seem that a resident, whose property is located next to the high sch...
On Contemplation
If we try to contemplate God without having turned the face of our inner self entirely in his direction, we will end up inevitably by contemplating ourselves, a...