MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, August 4, 2014 Compassion In our gospel reading yesterday, we heard Matthew's version of the feeding of the five thousand, a miracle…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, July 28, 2014 The church was big. It could seat over 1500 people. I went there last week for a service of…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, July 21, 2014 Suffer the little children. Several years ago, my wife and I had the privilege of visiting Holy Cross Monastery…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, July 14, 2014 No wonder. Recent experiences lead this morning to a favorite spiritual growth opportunity: air travel. I'm choosing to regard…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 30, 2014 Peter, Paul, and You    Did you know the real name of the National Cathedral in Washington? Its official…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 23, 2014 "You can do better than fine. You can do great." Last week, I met a friend over a glass…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 16, 2014 Joy Many of you know that one of my vocations is to create cartoons, specifically drawings commissioned by the…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 9, 2014 More than we could ask or imagine Last week, I attended a conference called Eformation2014 at Virginia Seminary. It…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 2, 2014 Let me try out this image of the spiritual life, courtesy of Desmond Tutu, who seems to know a lot…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, May 26, 2014 On this Memorial Day, I remember Clyde and Evelyn. I served in a church near a VA hospital that…