Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost. This celebration of new institutional life started long before Jesus’ time. Pentecost was a harvest festival and a time of plenty. Therefore, the people of Israel were used to the idea for centuries before the time of Jesus. Jesus brought the same concept back into the …
There is a time for everything. Ecclesiasticus reminds us of that over and over. There is a time to plant, a time to gather, a time for waking and sleeping and more. I have come to realize it is important for us to recognize this if we want a semi-normal life….yes, I said …
This is springtime. The colors outside are beautiful. I take a walk in the evenings sometimes and I see the colors. The other day I was talking on the phone with someone. The person on the other end of the line said, “The birds are loud there.” I responded, “I don’t hear them as much …
