Isn’t it a surprise to find that it’s Holy Week already? This Lent seemed to kind of fly by. For me, that was a function of being a little bit used to the services, and having a work schedule that seems to be stuck in fifth gear. (BTW, apologies for slackened blogging. Non-payable work takes […]

Can a late snowfall ever be a reason to smile?

We got a little saber-rattling from winter, and on the day of the spring solstice, no less. But it turned out to be just an empty threat. A quick nasty dump of snow and sleet happened on Friday night, and the weather reporters were putting on […]

I’m probably behind the curve in finding this out, but a page in the Orthodox Study Bible about life after death gave me some perspective.

I never thought about it too much before, but I assumed that our ancestors always had the same basic idea of what happens to us when we die — that our […]

Well, well. It is March, after all.

You wouldn’t have known it a week ago. The last snow made everything look rather bleak and Antarctic (if I can make up an adjective). But when you least expected it, the temperatures crept upwards. As I let Clementine into the back yard, I began to notice spots of […]

Happened to read two interesting takes on the whole concept of good manners, and it underscores something I’ve thought modern, “civilized” people should always keep in mind: We’re skating on thin ice if we’re relying on Niceness to keep us out of trouble.

In “Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior,**” author and social […]