by St. Ann Staff | Nov 30, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
There are different kinds of watchfulness, aren’t there? • There is the watchfulness of a child for the arrival of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus. It’s that wide eyed, on tip toes, openness and excitement to the possibilities of something good. • There is the...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 30, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Nov 30, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
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...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 23, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Nov 23, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
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’...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 23, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
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...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 16, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Nov 16, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
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...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 16, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
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...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 9, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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