Comedian George Burns (1896-1996) was invited to a big dinner to celebrate his 95th birthday. One of the speakers got up and said, “What is so unusual about our guest…
“Jimmy, why are you sitting there all alone?” “Nobody wants to play with me. They always fight with me.” “Why don’t you go over and see Billy?” “No, he always…
The parable of the good Samaritan ends differently without the innkeeper. Arguably, without the innkeeper, the parable falls apart and the good deed falls short. The Samaritan, after all, is…
In 100 years, like in 2125, we will all be buried with our relatives and friends. Strangers will live in our homes we fought so hard to build, and they…
There was a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution named Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He enjoyed the friendship of George Washington. In Ephrata there also lived Michael…
A Prayer for Valentine’s Day Loving God,As I think about Valentine’s Day,I bring you my heart….a hopeful heart.a disappointed heart,a confident heart,a heart in hiding,a grateful heart,an angry heart,a patient…
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and…
Have you pretty much given up on our politicians in Washington, D.C? Do you feel it is a hopeless cause that any of them are going to really change their…
Jesus lived on the margins and moved the margins to include all people. In doing so Jesus invited hostile crowds to want to edge him out of existence. Today our…
Everyone knows the Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” A couple of smooth-talking swindlers convince an egotistical king that he has just purchased the most gorgeous, elaborate,…
How many of us recognize ourselves in the Gospel that was proclaimed at church today? (Luke 5:1-11). Jesus gets into Simon Peter’s boat and teaches the crowds from the boat.…
So often we have heard the words of St. Paul on love in his Letter to the Corinthians. (1Cor. 13:4-13). I always enjoy hearing a new version of the reading.…
