I am a softie…I really am. I cry at certain movies. I get a lump in my throat. My eyes “well up” sometimes. It happens more and more the older I get. I don’t necessarily like it, but it happens… This comes from “an old classic sermon illustration.” It is the story of “the prodigal […]

You gotta love a good bargain! A real bargain… I mean who doesn’t want a decent bargain, really…some people even refer to themselves as being “BARGAIN HUNTERS.” (And, they mean it!) We live in a society that loves “bargains.” Everybody loves a real deal. “Bargain hunters “seem to be everywhere you turn. No one wants […]

If you have your PHD, Doctorate or Master’s you probably want to write a Curriculum Vitae, if not, a Resume, will do nicely. Some people actually do a combination of the “two formats.” I have been thinking this week about a “Spiritual Resume.” What would you write on one? How would you “explain” or “describe […]

Most people love “a good meal.” I get it, I realize that we are all very different. But it has been said, THAT IT IS FOOD that sometimes “brings people TOGETHER.” I get that, too! There is nothing as fun as gathering with friends or family around a table and catching up on the day’s […]

This is the third and final time that Jesus “will accept” an invitation from the Pharisees to dine with them. Three times and you’re out! Three times for emphasis sake! Three times so you do not forget. But the “neat thing,” the “really cool” thing here – to consider: is that even though they DID […]

The Sabbath day, believe it or not, was getting “ridiculous.” The arguments back and forth about what “you could do” and what “you could not do”…were sheer and utter non-sense. Get this: Rabbis allowed animals to be tied up to prevent them from “straying off,” but they restricted “the kinds of knots” that could be […]

Does anybody besides me, remember the old expression: “Don’t get all bent out of shape? I haven’t heard that one in years… But it comes to mind, when reading or listening to, the Gospel text for today. For sure, this woman was “all bent out of shape!” For eighteen long years she had been crippled, […]