I was so caught up with the news about the Speaker's announcement of Impeachment inquiries into the President's conduct that I was late leaving home and didn't get to EFM class until about 6:40, by which time it was too late to sit next to Colette. It is pretty clear now that unless I am at least sitting on the same side of the room as she is that ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, it was the unbearable lightness of the half-empty hotel bar; yesterday, it was the ineluctable goodness of a coffee café. This is not to be confused with a Starbucks. Definitely not ( Read more... )

Lent officially ends today and probably not a moment too soon. I woke up with a scratchy throat and was popping zinc lozenges all the way to Sunday School. John had prepared an elaborate lesson plan for the pre-schoolers which entailed an Easter egg hunt in the classroom. Each egg had a toy and little bit of the Crucifixion verse written on ( Read more... )

I was late for Mass(too much time surfing the net before leaving the house) and by the time I got there Rev. Susan seemed just about to bring home the essential message of that morning's sermon. I'm not sure what part of the lectionary inspired it, but, it seemed to be about "categorizing" people. It's something we all do and it did cause me to ( Read more... )

Well, it's Epiphany, folks. And, I should know that by now because it always comes as an epiphany when I realize that's the proper name of where we are in the Church calendar. I think it must have to do with The Wise Men ( Read more... )

I was just a trifle late for Mass this morning. Florence was already half-way through the reading of the Old Testament by the time I reached the Little Chapel. There were a lot of fun sounding Hebrew names in it; names like, Laban and Rebekah and -- Bethuel. Names that are just nice to roll around your tongue. Also, Milcah and Nahor. Florence ( Read more... )