A few weeks ago as my family and I were shopping for a shower curtain in Bed, Bath and Beyond, I came across a bag of “gourmet” licorice. Now, I haven’t had any “plain” black licorice in years — I’m talking probably nearly twenty. While I had never heard of the brand, Lucky Country, I [...]
As I was driving home earlier today, I engaged in a seemingly too-frequent act of self-obsessed pondering about my lack of cool “toys”. Many of my friends and many more acquaintances have all those new gadgets and time-wasters/savers that seem to be all the rage. I am sure I would use them for good effect [...]
I want to be a hero. Doesn’t everyone? Granted, some claim to want to be a “villain” or “anti-hero” — usually so they can get what they “want” — but most people (in their right mind) seem to want to be a hero. Why is that? What is it about being a hero that is [...]
I am so sick and tired of people using the word “evolve” as though it has some magical, mystical meaning. It simply means “change”. That’s it. No big deal. Evolution is a process of change. We sit and dither about the meaning or process of “evolution” — it’s just a concept of how change came [...]
Well, it has been a few days since I last posted — mostly due to craziness around the home. I don’t have much to say right at the moment except to let you know I’m still around and to post something. I’ll try to get more up soon. Always, K+
Today is an “ember” day. In the catholic (i.e. universal) Tradition of the Church, ember days are days when the Church has set aside time specifically for ordination and prayer for the bringing in of new ministers. Advent is a good time of the Church year to have special prayers for new ministers, as we [...]
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. Mark 4:34 So often we wonder why God seems to keep silence or fret that what we think we need to hear we are not hearing. We ask ourselves if God is really there, [...]
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Today is the Second Sunday in Advent. My sermon this morning was about the “Word of Peace” which is Christ Himself, God Made Manifest, The Incarnate Word. What I challenged everyone to remember is that Christ is truly God’s Word — as Scripture is that verbal essence of God’s Self-revelation to mankind, so is Christ [...]
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“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.” Psalm 10:17-18 Jesus came to save mankind from evil, but Man has not always responded to God’s [...]
Continue reading about “The Fatherless and Oppressed” (Advent Day Five)
“I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.” Psalm 9:1 Ever since I was a child, I have yearned to love God with all of my heart. Aside from Christ, I would say that my Biblical hero was David. He had a “heart for God.” [...]
