Monthly Archives: May 2018

The last Sunday in May was Trinity Sunday, which means the next few months, from June until November, we will be in what the Church calls Ordinary Time.   I had a parishioner in Alaska who took great offense at … Continue reading →

    Last week I preached on the Trinity. Here are a few things that did not fit into the sermons, but which I find interesting.   The early church fathers were very hesitant to use the words “persons” (in … Continue reading →

  What does God Look Like? There was a little boy in Sunday School class drawing a picture. The teacher asked him what he was drawing and he said, “I’m drawing a picture of God.” “Well,” the teacher said, “No … Continue reading →

  Language Fails How many of you have lived in or traveled in in a country where you did not speak the language? Some of the confusion can be pretty funny, like when I meant to say that I had … Continue reading →

“Sanctify them in your truth….”  John 17:17   In the summer of 1982 I managed to get a summer job working in a tobacco warehouse in Durham, North Carolina. Argentina had invaded the Falkland Islands, and apparently they grew a … Continue reading →