Grr/Sob

I’ll admit that I did cry a little when I was flipping the channels this weekend and so when I happened across the two Democratic presidential candidates at this “Compassion Forum” in Pennsylvania. I could care less about the religious beliefs of my President — being a born-again doesn’t protect you from being a bad [...]

Maundy Thursday thought

For the past couple of years, we’ve had an all-night vigil lasting from the end of the Maundy Thursday service until the beginning of the Good Friday service. That is, there is someone in a pew from 9pm Thursday to 6pm Friday. Were I any younger, I would certainly jump at the chance to hit [...]

Colin Mozart (Ratcatcher)

So, I’m working away at my desk yesterday when the phone rings. I lean over (because my phone is to my right and behind me in order to be in the perfect position for me to wrench my back out) and notice it’s the Rector of the church I attend. As always, my first thought [...]