A few days ago I started reading the bible for a 90 day plan. This has me reading the entire Bible every 90 days, about four times in a year. After a few days, a few things have occurred to me. First, it does not take that much time to read fourteen chapters of the Bible every day. You...
Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Little Anastasia is fearfully and wonderfully made. We do not confess that she was fearfully and wonderfully made, but that she is fearfully and wonderfully made. She is not a past tense creature, but an eternal daughter of God her...
I remember when I started my Facebook account almost 20 years ago. When I was doing the account setup I had to put information in. My favorite was when it got to relationship status and I got to say, "Married to Allison Hull." I didn't just write, "In a relationship," but said, "Married to...
Yesterday on our Hymn Sing, Hyr Sing episode, I mentioned the need for the church to begin memorizing the three keys texts of The Faith. The first text is Sacred Scripture. A lot of people will say, "Is it possible to memorize all of the bible?" Well, for one person this would be...
Over the last couple of weeks I have been trying to navigate this Coronavirus pandemic just like everyone else has. Many people have lost their jobs, or have their jobs on hold for the time being. Others are still working, but are either working from home, or still go into their jobs because...
Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, that day in which we celebrate the Angel Gabriel proclaiming to St. Mary that she would be the "Theotokos," the God bearer, the Mother of God, and that her Son would be Savior of all fallen man. We read on this day Luke 1:26-38 which says, "In the sixth...
Come on, Mr Frodo. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you." If you're not a LOTR geek like me, then you've don't know who Samwise Gamgee is. Lord of the Rings is a fantastic series written by J.R.R. Tolkien. In the last book, The Return of the King, Frodo and Sam have entered...
We know the account of St. Thomas. Jesus appeared to the 10 apostles in the upper room and preached peace to them. They saw Jesus and told Thomas about it. Thomas did not reply in great faith, but out of weakness said, "Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into...
Who is Chief Brody? If you've never seen the blockbuster movie, "Jaws," then you probably don't know who Chief Brody is. The movie "Jaws," is s suspense movie directed by Steven Spielberg in the 70s. The beginning of the movie has a couple swim out into the ocean, and the man passes out...
Have you ever done something so terrible, so heinous, so unforgivable that you just can't get over it. You ask for forgiveness from God and you hear the absolution, but there's still that guilty feeling. You go and repent to whomever you sinned against, and they say everythings ok, but you feel...