Today we start a new series all about getting life in order, by establishing the correct priorities. It’s a topic that is of great interest to me, so I am really looking forward to this series. Jesus gives us some simple, solid advice on the subject: Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will […]
My friend Perry Noble, who is Pastor of an amazing church called NewSpring, is also a kind of professional cheerleader for other Pastors. We’re not really friends, I’ve never actually even met him, I just like reading his blog. Below is a summary of a recent post he made that is applicable to all […]
Some days are just more interesting than others. Yesterday was one of those days for me. Our Missions Director, Brian Crook, and the co-Chair of our Strategic Planning Team, Jim Hayden, spent the day touring Catholic Charities programs and services in and around Baltimore. Our guide was Nativity Parishioner Bill McCarthy, who is the […]
We are already in the fourth week of our series on anger, and I’ve heard a lot of people talking about it. A woman stopped me in Starbucks and started talking about it, and another person joined in too. A young man was telling me his mother sat him down to have a long conversation […]
Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger and give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4.26 These days we are discussing anger. Anger is a part of our world and we all have to deal with it, unpleasant as that can be, but probably no one has […]
We spent the weekend looking at the end of the world, as we wrapped up our “War of the Worlds” message series. But endings always bring beginnings. This coming weekend we begin a “new year” since we tend to measure our years from the weekend after Labor Day to the weekend of Father’s Day.I am […]
Here in Timonium the Maryland State Fair is underway, the definitive sign that summertime is over. The passing of the season is always a little wistful and also exciting as we look ahead to my favorite season of the year, fall. It has been a quick summer filled with some significant accomplishments: our trip […]
Missionary activity renews the Church, revitalizes faith and Christian identity, offers fresh enthusiasm and new incentive. Faith is strengthened when it is given to others! It is in commitment to the Church’s universal mission that the new evangelization of Christian people will find inspiration. John Paul II/Redemptoris missio This has been a summer of some […]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of time…” So Charles Dickens famously begins his epic novel, A Tale of Two Cities. I kept thinking of that quote these past few weeks as my travels took me not to two cities but rather two islands: the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean and […]
