
Last year at St. Francis, it was Deacon Pat who had the honors of preaching on Trinity Sunday. I did not envy her. Trinity Sunday is the most problematic Sunday in the liturgical year for a preacher. She could have…
Read MoreLast Thursday Lawrence O’Donnell had a segment on Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway play, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In it, Atticus Finch is the lawyer for the black defendant, Tom Robinson, accused of raping a white woman, however Judge Taylor knows that…
Read MoreWe live in an age of discontinuity. The old verities that once guided former generations are now up for grabs. The traditional jobs that provided a lifetime of security are in short supply while the gig and sharing economy has…
Read MoreI have a wonderful friend in Wellsburg who runs what our House of Hope team thinks is the best restaurant in town. Nicol and her husband are the owners of The Dovetail – dovetail as in wood working. It is…
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