• Lent – Easter and the Two Kingdoms, Part 2
    April 14, 2025

    Last week’s message was on Lent and its theme of renewal aided by self-examination, positively impacting the State.  Today I want to build on this theme by having us[...]

  • Lent – Easter and the Two Kingdoms, Part 1
    April 7, 2025

    Throughout the month of April, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on Lent, Easter and the Two Kingdoms. Yesterday we began the Sixth Week of Lent.  Lent – originally the[...]

  • Recommended Reading: “The Escape Artist” by Jonathan Freedland
    January 22, 2025

    “The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World” written by Jonathan Freedland is a must read!  It is the riveting, fascinating, gripping story[...]

  • The Forgotten Story of Christmas
    December 30, 2024

    A significant event contributing to the story of Christmas, but often forgotten, is what became known as “the Massacre of the Innocents” (commemorated on either December 28 or 29). [...]

  • Unexpected Pregnancy
    December 23, 2024

    ...the angel Gabriel was sent by God...to a virgin...and said “you will conceive in your womb and bear a son…”  And Mary said, “How shall this be, since I[...]

  • The Gift We Bring
    December 16, 2024

    Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts… (Matthew 2:11) Two fond childhood memories of mine always come to mind this time of year.  One – sitting in my[...]