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The Cool Kids’ Table
We moved to a new neighborhood when I was in my second year of high school. Now, I must confess that pretty much all through junior high and into my first year of high school, school was a social disaster. And an academic disaster. … Continue Reading “The Cool Kids’ Table”
Demon Seed and Alien DNA
As July rolls into August, high seas and ferocious winds threaten to swamp the Ship of State. Huge surges of new waves of coronavirus inundate hospital emergency rooms. This week one of our own at St. Francis has been hospitalized with COVID-19 (she is… Continue Reading “Demon Seed and Alien DNA”
“With Sighs Too Deep for Words – Seeds of Hope”
I must be doing something wrong. But I am perplexed as to what it could be. This spring, as last spring, I went to my garden and scattered some seeds. Sweet Alyssum, Nasturtium, California Poppy. And what came up? Nothing. Just like last year. … Continue Reading ““With Sighs Too Deep for Words – Seeds of Hope””
“As in Travail”
The congregation was dumbstruck that Sunday morning as Jai and I stood before the altar during the time of announcements to announce that we were expecting. Yes, Abraham and Sarah, in our old age, expecting our first. I still remember one of the congregation… Continue Reading ““As in Travail””
We’re Coming to America
Some will remember that “Hot August Night” when Neil Diamond stepped out onto the stage. The orchestra began with a winsome prelude that slowly crescendoed to a pulsing beat. Then began the first strains of that ballad that so aptly celebrates the promise of… Continue Reading “We’re Coming to America”
If This Stuff was Easy…
My first parish assignment at a little town in the upper Mojave Dessert. There I met a number of wonderful, faithful Christians. Yes, the town was little. My wife would have said infinitesimal. When we first arrived to be interviewed, in all of about… Continue Reading “If This Stuff was Easy…”
Inducted
Over fifty years ago I distinctly remember being lined up with a bunch of other guys in a dingy, depressing room, downtown L.A., and raising my right hand and swearing to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. We then stepped across… Continue Reading “Inducted”
Fired Up. Ready to Go.
Four bishops gathered over the five days of the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in Southern California. From various local denominations, Episcopal, Roman Catholic and African Methodist Episcopal churches, they were invited to speak at the United Methodist Bishop Charles Golden’s, maiden… Continue Reading “Fired Up. Ready to Go.”
The Spirit of Truth
Well, You Didn’t Get it Here! George Regas is fond of telling the story of a man who, one Sunday, wanders into a large, cavernous Episcopal sanctuary. Think of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. You’ve seen it. It is where many state funerals… Continue Reading “The Spirit of Truth”
National Neutrino Week
Let’s hear it for neutrinos. No, they are not some new dietary supplement or weight loss pill. They’re all around you – billions of them, moving through the walls of your house and your body every second – “like moonlight through a screen door.”[1] … Continue Reading “National Neutrino Week”
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