Yesterday the girls and I braved the snow and wind to drive down to Syracuse to see a performance of Les Miserables. It’s the first Broadway musical I’ve ever seen and if it’s the only one I ever get to see, I would have chosen this one, because the story is so profound. The plot …

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Lent is about giving up chocolate. For a lot of people, maybe for most people, the first thing they think of when they think of beginning the season of Lent is that it’s about giving something up, something that they really like so it is hard to give it up, because it’s  not virtuous unless …

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We’ve been doing quite a bit of talking lately about reaching out to our neighbors, trying to share our faith with the people we live with or shop with or work with or attend meetings with. And I know I’ve mentioned before, the best and most natural way for us to share our faith with …

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The gospel reading from Mark today shows Jesus’s ministry getting off to a perfect start. Jesus and his disciples – it’s just a small group so far – have come to Capernaum. This is their home town, the little village by the sea where they grew up. Their friends and family are here. And things …

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