03022022 – Matthew 6. 1-6, 16-21 The Season of Lent is NOT about YOU. It is NOT about DEATH. It is NOT about DYING. It is NOT as “DARK” as you might think it is! It is NOT foreboding at all. It is NOT about giving up chocolate, nor is it about giving up streaming […]
02262020a – Ash Wednesday A lot of people do not like “Ash Wednesday.” I get that. For them, Lent begins on Sunday with the First Sunday IN Lent. Call me a “Traditionalist” – but LENT begins TONIGHT, the DAY AFTER SHROVE TUESDAY. It always begins MIDWEEK. ASH WEDNESDAY is for ‘traditionalists…I guess, like ME.’ A […]
02262020 – Ash Wednesday Jesus was NOT an “ENTHUSIASTIC DEVOTEE,” he was NOT an “ARDENT ADMIRER” neither was he an “ENTHUSIAST” of HYPOCRISY. He just did NOT care for it AT ALL! From his PERSPECTIVE – people were PRETENDING to be something they were NOT…which usually translated into BEING pretenders to VIRTUE or to GOODNESS. […]
Some athletes, entertainers and CEOs receive “astronomical salaries,” as you well know… They take “all they can get” and use it for “their own personal interests and life styles”…and why wouldn’t they? They actually seem to set “an example” for our culture which spends so much “to entertain themselves” when countless millions in the world […]
It was a “marathon of preaching…” Jesus was “on a roll…” High on his “priority list” was the “obvious poor behavior” being exhibited by some supposedly “very religious people…” Religion is not a “show.” It is not a “game” either. This is meant to be “serious stuff.” It is about God and you. We are […]