the first thing I noticede about Mass last week was that the order of worship was printed on smaller paper; it had gone from eight and half by eleven to the size of a large Christmas card in less than a week. I think it's all a part of a "go green" initiative of some sort. And, it makes sense. After nearly twenty years as a parishioner, you'd ( Read more... )

There was a penumbral* air to the first weekend of Lent; a feeling that covers were being slowly lifted and identities being mixed up a little -- in mostly good ways. It started with Saturday Kitchen which I spent mostly on the bread line with Emily. As Emily explained it, that's a tough job because it mainly requires being on your feet for two and ( Read more... )

I've been fending off a cold ever since Thanksgiving. Some people have gone so far as to suggest it may have something to do the flu shots I received. I don't think so; my understanding is that it takes a while for the antibodies to build up ( Read more... )

Well, don't ask me when Epiphany started. Sometime after Christmas, I gather ( Read more... )