A priest and a Rabbi from local parishes were standing by the side of the road holding up signs. The Rabbi’s sign read, “The End is Near!” Opposite him, the priest’s sign read, “Turn before it’s too late!” They planned to hold up their signs to each passing car. “Get a job.” The first driver yelled. Right behind…
We always talk about being enlightened in our faith, that the more we know about God, our faith and our church, the closer we are to Him. That works for a little while, but Jesus most often pushes us in the exact opposite direction. He tended to endarken people to faith much more than enlighten…
A life well lived is filling in the blanks in the course of our lives, in joy and in sorrow, until who we are, where we came from and what we are here for, is revealed to us and all those we love well.
We have a strong system of higher education in the United States, which also has significant problems in need of reform. The most obvious problem we all see about college is its price tag. ‘College is the opposite of kidnapping. They demand $100,000 from you or else they’ll send your kid back!’ College gets lots…
There is not, and there never will be an easy way to talk about the Armenian Genocide, because this was a great and complex evil that is beyond normal words to describe. That’s why perhaps the most accurate way to describe the Armenian Genocide is the original term used in our language Mets Yeghern. “Great…
These questions of God arising from broken expectations and broken hearts somehow allow us to enter into the mystery of manna; the bread which falls from heaven. Somehow, like the Hebrews in the wilderness, we must come to the end of our own abilities to provide for ourselves, to take control of our lives, to…
Many people criticize our church for being stuck in the dark ages and lacking reform. I am one of those people, when it comes to practical aspects of our faith; things like allowing cremation or encouraging lay and particularly female leadership in the sacramental life of the church. However, in the essential tenets of our…