Happy Easter – Happy Resurrection Sunday. For us, this is really the big holiday, the great celebration. Jesus is risen and everything is changed. But I think it might be useful to remember who “we” are. I watched Bill O’Reilly last night and he had […]
Month: March 2013
Good Friday
Today is the day that turns our understanding of the world upside down. We call this day “good” although it memorializes one of the most horrifying deaths imaginable. We celebrate death, even though we ordinarily don’t even want to talk about death. My wife and […]
Easter Bunny too controversial???
A school in Alabama has decided that the Easter Bunny, and, in fact, the word “Easter” are too controversial and likely to cause discomfort for some. They are, therefore, banned. This is disturbing on so many levels. First off this isn’t in New York or […]
Check Up
Today is semiannual physical check up day at our house. About a week ago Rosemary and I went to a lab and had blood drawn and gave fluid samples. Today we meet with our internist. We get poked and weighed and evaluated. We end up […]
Palm Sunday
Matthew 21:1-11 21 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, what was spoken through the prophet: 5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you,gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” on the road, while […]
Our Aging World
As we age, much of what we have relied on becomes unreliable. Our bodies start to fail us. Our minds tend to lose a grip on reality. Our sources of income dwindle. Our friends die. Our families become preoccupied with their own lives. We have […]
Above the Clouds
It’s a dreary, rainy day. Sunshine is promised for later, but it’s my desire to crawl back into bed until the sun does come out. I am without joy or motivation in the meantime. I am reminded, however, that I used to fly a lot. […]
Are You having any fun?
Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I’m sixty-four. Seemed like some valid questions when the Beatles asked them back in the 60s. Yesterday I turned sixty-four and, for me, some of the questions are answered. I still feel needed and, […]