August 8, 2021

Yes, bread is the stuff of life. But what more can be said than what was covered last week? A lot, as it turns out. Read more

July 31, 2021

Bread is the most elemental of all foods. It has something important to say in this week's gospel reading. Read more

July 25, 2021

What would Jesus have on his resume? Today's gospel reading about the loaves and fishes gives us a good clue. Read more

July 18, 2021

The longing for meaning is eternal. Religious faith may be the best - and worst - way of meeting that aching need, that unending desire. Read more

July 11, 2021

I'm dropping the kid off at college next month. In a way, Jesus did the same kind of things in today's gospel reading. Read more

July 4, 2021

Was Jesus an only child? Without a doubt, family matters. But perhaps it doesn't matter so much whether Jesus had siblings or not. Read more

June 27, 2021

Faith is something like an M. C. Escher lithograph. The staircase that seems to arrive at a dead end actually opens into amazing new possibilities. Read more

June 19, 2021

Hurtling through space at 550 miles an hour a good 35,000 feet above ground might seem scary. Being a person of faith doesn't mean the turbulence goes away. It just means it has meaning. Read more

May 29, 2021

When it comes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, "it's complicated." But it doesn't have to be incomprehensible. Read more

May 15, 2021

What wisdom would an ant have to share in a commencement address? Read more


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