As I have reflected on the last lines of today’s last lines from Isaiah, “Can a mother forget her child? Even if she forgets, I will never forget you,” I cannot help but wonder why we try to tell God how to love us. As I read this, God will love us despite ourselves. I hear so often that God will never forgive me for x, y, or z, but if we really hear these words, then he will forgive. God does not hold grudges. He longs for us to be free and loves us into freedom if we let hi

Our deacons preached yesterday so I did not have a written homily to post. Even though the past posts have been on the daily readings of Lent, I want to share some thoughts that came about as a result of our Evening Prayer for peace in the world. One of the main things I walked away with was the importance of the Christian community sitting in the same room in the context of prayer and sharing our thoughts and differences. Like the apostles who gathered with Jesus in the even

As much as I would like to say the I am the poor guy in the back of the temple, too often I am the one in front.  Not just from my position as a priest, but in my ego.  I have degrees, experience in ministry, trained in prayer, but today I ask myself, do I have the humility that is required to truly be a disciple?  I invite you into that question too. Often, when people debate me about liturgical points or moral issues, I can get “puffed up” and on my high horse about rightne