It can easily be judged that if the churches observed ceremonies correctly, their dignity would be maintained and reverence and piety would ...

The day we pulled into St. Paul’s from North Carolina was July 15, 1992.  Easy to remember, because it was my son’s fourth birthday (he got ...

I remember the day I picked up this little volume as a student at Concordia College in Bronxville. My Anglican friend, Duncan, and I disagre...

In traditional Western art, you will notice that it is the Blessed Virgin whose foot stomps the serpent’s head. This is due to the Vulgate r...

The day was June 15 back in 2004. That was the day I began this blog. So the old thing has been around for 20 years! I almost killed it off ...

…from my friend and poet, Pr. Harvey Mozolak: Our “Our Father” prayer is a prayer spread out in eternity, a merciful map surveyed and read b...

…the men won both games. About time!

…. Truth is, I have an order that I like to do things in. I get set in my ways. Yesterday, Dave needed a hand early in the morning, and so C...

 …as associate pastor and headmaster of St. Paul’s Hamel. And Kantor outdid herself (again): timpani, trumpet, violins, violas, cello, bells...

…but the spell seems to have ended and the heat to have returned. Still, when we have those clear June days, I cannot but remember my mother...

…but at least now the power is on for good. We just had a whole-house Generac installed. I read somewhere that it actually increases the val...

…from my dear friend, Kurt Reinhardt, inspired by some reading he was doing in Cardinal Bona .  Our Sins and Misery Are All   Our sins and m...

I was experiencing some health issues a while ago that led me to eliminating my most beloved beverage: coffee. It was hard, but I did it. I ...

Check out last year’s hymn sing at CUC!

  Sadly, Three of my groomsmen are now dead: Maup, Bob, Joe. Been a wild and crazy ride! But wouldn’t have it any other way. Here’s to my be...

With Nancy, Jimmy and Sissy My mom’s family home

…as it showed how one of its devices (in this case, the iPad) has become a functional replacement to a whole pile of things we used to use. ...

…my one remaining brother and my sister and I usually text each other every day. My sister still lives on property that my grandparents left...

…on Trinity 1, so the Rich Man and Lazarus. I don’t know why but it never occurred to me before how well Proverbs 21:13 fits with it: “Whoev...

Aside from our morning walk at sunrise, saying our prayers, and eating breakfast, I have two things that I really like to get done early in ...