Those who know Sesame Street, know the song “One of These Things is not Like the Others.” It’s a fun way of teaching children to recognize differences and similarities, to discern patterns, and exceptions to those patterns. To learn about sizes, colors, shapes, numbers, animals, you (just about) name it. It’s not designed to...
Year A Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 10:16-25 John 18:1-19:42May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Year after year… during Holy Week… we read the Passion Narratives about Jesus’ betrayal and last day… in some small way… we may identify with his suffering… because we have all suffered… ] in some small way… we...
Year C Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 51:1-11 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Have you ever… before GPS… driven somewhere and gotten lost… have you ever gotten directions from someone who thought they knew where the new French bakery was… but didn’t… and you had to ask one or...
I was a late bloomer. Although it seemed at first that I was going to be a fast starter since I was born two months too soon, it took me a while to catch up. I started kindergarten a month before I turned five (when you were supposed to already be five) but needed some help...
Year C Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… My mother-in-law… lives with my sister-in-law… and even though my sister-in-law is a grown woman… with two college age children… even though she retired from a career as an Air Traffic Controller… even though she almost...