Thomas Merton’s Christ has come, uninvited

We are checking things off of our list: Christmas trees and lights, tinsel and ornaments, garland and mistletoe, presents, Christmas cards and fancy dishes for the family meal of the year.  We are checking Santa’s list twice and ensuring that we purchase gifts for the naughty and the nice.  Because ’tis the season and all […]

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What is the world coming to?

During this season of Advent, we remember and celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ, of divine feet on earth, of God with us.  Still, I can’t help but wonder what the world is coming to.  The recent death of Laquan McDonald still has my mind reeling.  What is happening to us? What is happening to my […]

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What are you waiting for?

It’s Wednesday and if it’s Wednesday, it’s time for a push.  Some call it hump day and we might need a bit of assistance today, a gentle nudge that we can make it, that we are not alone though life seems hard to climb. Well, that’s my purpose today. The season of Advent is over […]

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Merry Christmas!

“In those days, a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.  This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.  All went to their own towns to be registered.  Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city […]

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Advent: Expectations

Greetings in the name of the One that we expected, Jesus the Christ, It’s Wednesday.  I almost forgot the day of the week, replaced with the designation of Christmas Eve.  We are almost there, almost over the hump. Tomorrow, we will open gifts and the wait will be over, right? It’s not “beginning to look […]

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