All Meditations
The Doubts of John the Baptist
posted on Dec 13, 2010Who was John the Baptizer? We know so little about him. There is this huge gap in his story…Born to Zechariah and Elizabeth, John was born into privilege. He was the son of the High Priest in Jerusalem, the son of the man who was chosen to enter...
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King of Kings
posted on Nov 22, 2010On Friday night, I had the pleasure of watching The Women of Lockerbie, a play about the Pan Am Flight that was blown up over a small Scottish town in the late 1980's. The play was at Florida State Community college and was directed by Ken McCullo...
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The Obstacle Course
posted on Nov 1, 2010I was one of those kids that went trick or treating far too late in life. I was fourteen and still out there, pounding the pavement, hoping to get gobs of candy. Maybe it was the fact that my mom was a healthfood freak. Maybe it was the fact that ...
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The I Dont Wanna Syndrome
posted on Oct 13, 2010Naaman the Syrian was a sick man. He suffered from leprosy, a terrible disease in which the skin of a human being becomes white and flakey and falls off, eventually maiming whole limbs and killing a person. Highly contagious, leprosy was a form of...
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Thr Better Question
posted on Oct 6, 2010My friend had a little boy who was absolutely adorable. He was clearly smart as a whip and at six months old, he would smile and laugh out loud. By the time he was well over a year old, he still had not uttered a word, and his mom began to worry. ...
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Hope for a Boy
posted on Sep 30, 2010I sat in our fellowship hall with two women. Our adult classes and small groups had concluded and we were waiting for the children to emerge. It was close to 8 pm on a Weds night.A single mom came in and her ten year old boy soon followed. She wor...
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The Lost
posted on Sep 13, 2010I have a terrible sense of direction. Anyone who has ridden in my car with me can attest. I live with my GPS. We have a close personal bond. It is a GPS for dummies and it is perfect for me. You would never believe how many times I have to drive b...
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Overhearing the Gospel
posted on Sep 6, 2010Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple, Jesus said.Herbert O Driscoll was walking in an old cemetery years ago. He heard voices on the othe...
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Joseph of Genesis
posted on Aug 19, 2010It happened one Sunday in church. I had just finished the announcements when a voice came over the sound system. “THIS IS GOD.” I stood there, dumbfounded. I was just about to say the offertory sentence. It was just three words, but clear as a...
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Miracles from the Pit
posted on Aug 9, 2010I just got back from my annual family reunion in Connecticut. When I was a child, it was mandatory. One did not miss it, or my grandmother would, well, I', not sure what she would do but whatever it was scared us enough never to ask. Nobody ever m...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels