Today is the Feast of the Ascension, and this Feast begs the question: What is this whole ascending from the Mount of olives all about? Why didn't Jesus just "POOF" disappear and go to the Father's side? Why all this theatrics? It is almost axiomatic that any truth or tradition...
Christ is risen! On this Apodosis (Leavetaking) of Pascha, may God grant us faithful hearts until next Pascha! Stumbling around in the dark isn't just a problem for me when I'm looking for a midnight snack (as if I really needed that!), but is a perfect metaphor for my life...
Christ is risen! (only a few more days for that Paschal Greeting! The Feast of the Ascension arrives Thursday!) The old saying is "timing is everything." How true! There have been moments in my own life when the timing has been off, very frustrating. This is especially true when you...
Christ is risen! Have you ever heard of the story of the donkey who saved a prophet's life by talking to him? And you thought your dreams were strange! Seriously, this powerful story in the First Testament is worth your time! Read the whole story in Numbers 22. To make a...
Christ is risen! Wow, we humans are an insecure lot! The pharmaceutical companies have exploded with growth providing Americans with "medicine" to help us overcome all kinds of diseases of the psyche. But, instead of eternally medicating symptoms, what if we could do the harder work of getting to the root...
Christ is risen! Always looking for a shortcut! He was a dear friend. He was a pal and I loved the man, but he was notorious for always looking for an angle, a shortcut, a way to get preferential treatment. Sometimes it was great, but most of the time he...
Christ is risen! You should have seen the look on their faces when I told them what we needed to raise to accomplish our task! The looks ranged from the shocked to the sceptical to the angry! It seemed impossible for us to reach our goal without some "donor on...
Christ is risen! Outrageous! Did you hear what he just said? Unbelievable! Completely out of bounds, provocative, and meant to offend. There is simply no justification for such rhetoric! Unless, of course, it's true. They say that truth is always a defense against the charge of slander! With our "eternally offended" society...
Christ is risen! She had her eyes closed and her fingers in her ears and she kept saying "la, la, la, la, la, I can't hear you!" You see I had uttered the ancient and hated words "Sweetie, it's time for bed." And she didn't want to go to bed, but...
