by Fr. Bill | Jan 2, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What’s wrong with our St. Ann crib scene? There is a bit of a problem with the St. Ann nativity scene, apparently for at least as long as I have been pastor. One of the three kings is missing. The figurine that I had been so diligently moving window by window as one...
by Fr. Bill | Dec 26, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
An email story worth the sharing… “Nicholas, was in kindergarten that year. It was an exciting season for a six year old. For weeks, he’d been memorizing songs for his school’s “Winter Pageant”. All Parents unable to attend that evening were...
by Fr. Bill | Dec 25, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
Are you a good receiver? (and I’m not talking Mizzou football here) [Ask for a kid volunteer. Have them unwrap gift … send child back to pew] I’ll bet if I just asked you to describe what you just saw… you would be likely to say you saw me give a gift to...
by Fr. Bill | Dec 12, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
There are a lot of good people out there… I am always amazed at the goodness of people. I grew up reading and re-reading a Christmas picture book that had these great stories about people helping their neighbor or a stranger, only to find out at the plot twist at the...
by Fr. Bill | Dec 5, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
In 2001, Rick Page, published a book entitled: Hope is Not a Strategy: The Six Keys to Winning the Complex Sale. Though I don’t know how successful the book was, the phrase itself has worked its way into our American politics during these difficult economic days. ...
