The Gospel reading for today’s first Sunday of Advent is our seasonal realignment to get our priorities right; warning against the addictive nature of worldly wealth and what true riches actually are. Today’s parable is the story of a man who amassed greater and greater wealth, only to have has life taken away before he…
Today’s Gospel reading is about the bottom line of our spiritual life. The phrase ‘bottom line’ comes from the practical and efficient business world. The bottom line is the number found under the bold bottom line on a profit & loss statement or balance sheet. Don’t give me all the details, what is the bottom…
I want to leave you with a story which has always inspired me to live boldly beyond our perceived limits. Irish author Frank O’Connor tells, that as a boy, he and his friends would make their way across the Irish countryside and when they came to an orchard wall that seemed too high, too difficult…
Enjoy Daniel & Norma’s message on stewardship in our Diocese and at St. Hagop Armenian Church!
So those are a few things that make is easier to speak about giving and money, but truth be told it is never easy. It’s not easy because money is a powerful mirror and it can be hard to look in the mirror. But 2000 times in scripture and in today’s reading Paul says, look…