January 3 – And Then He Died
Eat the apple. No, really. Eat it. What could possibly go wrong?
January 2 – Truth And Consequences
The idea of a clean slate was a good one. What happened? I loved the concept of a new beginning. Has it already been marred? I’m not even halfway through day two of this new year and already I’ve messed up. I failed. Now I’m stuck sitting here wondering why I even bother.
December 28 – Who Fights Your Battles
Instead of realizing that it is only through the church that we can fix our world, we are trying to use the systems of the world to fix our church.
25 Songs of Christmas #20 Joseph’s Lullaby
What would Joseph have been thinking if the first Christmas happened in our times?
25 Songs of Christmas #19 Mary Did You Know
Mary did you know. Who would have guessed that a song written by a comedian sixteen years ago would today become one of the most recognizable of Christmas tunes? I think it is safe to say that this Christmas season, it will cumulatively be the most viewed Christmas song on youtube (thanks, Penatonix). I would…
25 Songs of Christmas #18 Oh Holy Night
If you were to place yourself in the role of any Christmas character, who would you be? Definitely, growing up, my first answer would have been the little drummer boy. For a long time, it was my favorite Christmas song and I was always a percussionist at heart. These days I would view myself as…
25 Songs of Christmas #17 O Come Emmanuel
Melchior, Caspar (or Gaspar), Balthazar. Do these names ring a bell? According to Catholic tradition, they are the three wise guys who visited Jesus at his birth. They are all scholars, saints, and the kings of Persia, India, and Arabia respectively. While the first and the last of these are made completely from someone’s imagination,…
25 Songs of Christmas #11 Precious Lamb of God
For the past couple songs, we have talked about gifts. We talked about the gifts we do and should give. We talked about the gifts we desire. Well, it wouldn’t be Christmas without talking about the greatest gift of all. Like I said at the end of yesterday, that gift came wrapped in swaddling cloth…
25 Songs of Christmas #9 Little Drummer Boy
Have you bought all your presents yet? You’ve made the list. You’ve checked it twice. How do you determine what presents to give the naughty and the nice? For that matter, how do you determine what present to give grouchy old Aunt Matilda? No matter what you buy her, she’s gonna complain. Do you do…
October 4 – Seeing The Invisible
I have a dragon in my garage. No really, I do… really… I’m not lying.
THE RIVER WALK 