Every four years in this country we go through a significant election for a President of the country. It seems like these four years blend into each other and it becomes almost endless. How often have you thought “I can’t deal with this anymore” or “I’m so anxious that I become depressed” Certainly the twenty-four hour news cycle doesn’t help. We do get stressed! That feeling goes equally for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents! We just want it to end. We just want to get beyond our...

I have a small sunroom in the back of my house where I often sit and watch the birds at the feeder. I watch them as they quibble and fight over the seeds in the feeder, some birds chasing other birds away (I assume the dominant ones win). I fill the feeder almost every day so there is always enough. I was thinking how much that reminds me of us. We are able to be fed with abundant choices and amounts in our grocery stores. But yet, there are some who cannot come to the total banquet because of...

By the time we reach the end of January all the celebrations are over: Hanukkah, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Kwanza, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and Epiphany. It is now time to work on our New Year’s resolutions and get on with our daily life and get back to our routine. Now, what do we do for the next eleven months of 2024? In Matthew’s Gospel we hear the words “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.” There are many people who are troubled and lost. Many who are doing without...