Pastor’s Pen – November 30, 2014

What if… As you probably have already figured out, the retailers are trying a new tactic this shopping season. “Black Friday Deals” all week long. (Actually longer than that if you count the online deals.) Such a bargain! Those door buster prices on selected items to...

Pastor’s Pen – November 23, 2014

Winter is coming… (For you Game of Thrones fans, this is not about the Stark family motto) Having witnessed more than a few winters here at St. Ann, there are some things that are pretty predictable around the coming of winter. One of those is the tendency to ‘create’...

How often do you think of what is left undone?

Is the Turkey thawing out slowly in the ‘fridge’? Do I have enough yams for the sweet potato lovers in the family? Will anybody really go down in the basement this year or can I skip cleaning it this holiday? Those are some of the usual suspects of things undone that...

Pastor’s Pen – November 16, 2014

Lessons from Gandhi… It is Saturday night, Nov. 8th as I write these words. Perhaps by the time you are reading this, the Grand Jury has released the results of its probe into the shooting death of Michael Brown. Perhaps they have not. Perhaps things are still...

Do you like to play it safe?

A few years ago, I watched my former high school boy’s soccer team playing for the state championship. It was a great game with Borgia losing in the final 3 minutes of the 4th sudden victory overtime. There was a moment in the 3rd overtime that has vividly stayed in...