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†   If we were to research the meaning of the word dependance, we would find it to mean, ‘the state of deriving existence, support, or direction from another.’ — The…

† ‘I cannot think of anything worse’, Hobbes, mopingly replies. ‘Worse? Worse? It is all about perspective, I tell you; perspective,’ Calvin tells Hobbes. Hobbes replied: “What cha mean?’. Calvin…

†   Today, I’ve been inspired to deliver my very first hellfire-and-brimstone homily. Yet, having never delivered such a homily to a congregation, I am not sure this will be what…

†   If a moral is to be learned from today’s Gospel Lesson from the narrative of the raising of the dead son of the widow of Nain, it must be…

†   The theme of this Trinity XV week concerns the frailty of man and our dependence upon GOD to hold us up. Our Collect frames Holy Mother Church’s thematic focus…

†   How should we read the Holy Scriptures? I mean, with what lens of interpretation, or to use a fancy seminary word, what hermeneutical style should we use? Undoubtedly, some…

†   Some classical, literary idealists prefer to stay away from allegories and types, favoring the plain moral or historical content of a chronicle as sufficient; at least that is what…

†   There is a very interesting worldview that we might consider today, especially when we think about how we have just prayed in our Collect Prayer: “ALMIGHTY and everlasting God,…

†   In my estimation, Charles Schulz nailed it! The creator and animator of The Peanuts Gang ‘hit it out of the park’ in terms of the thematic lesson for this,…

†  I take thee my wedded Spouse, to have and to hold from this time forth, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health,…