Gerard’s family life was fairly typical for the nearly Neapolitan families of Italy. That is, it wasfairly typical until his father died when Gerard was twelve. The family was plunged into poverty...
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Reality is a very hard thing to grasp. I can see the fountain Coca-Cola in front of me, taste its sweet goodness, smell cinnamon and bacon in the air, and hear the piano rolling along in the background. (The...
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Towards the end of our big community dinner last Monday, right in the middle of this crazy obstacle course game, time stood still just long enough for me to look around. Up front, six-year-old Tanisha and her...
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I told a story last night that I want to expand upon this morning. For those of you who were not here for Kol Nidre, I will give you a thumbnail sketch. R. Levi Yitzchak has been informed that the people of...
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Not long ago I participated in a week-long spiritual formation course. Meditating on stories of Jesus from parables and words from the Gospels such as Matthew 5:44 (“love your enemies.”), Luke 6:27 (“do good...
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Welcome our newest contributor to the FaithLab blog. Stephanie is a hospice chaplain and and a new mom. It is out of these experiences that she often writes. My husband and I, both people who generally...
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A sermon on Romans 13:8-14. Do you ever search for an easier way to do things? Americans seem to have perfected the system: we have fast food restaurants so that we not only do not have to cook, but we don’t...
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By now, unless you’re totally out of touch with world news, you know that Steve Jobs recently passed away. I have been keeping his picture on the desktop of my work PC for some time now, just to remind me...
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