This Sunday we have a familiar Gospel reading: the wedding at Cana in which Jesus performs his first public miracle. As we know, Jesus and his disciples are attending a wedding. Mary, Jesus’ mother ,is also there. We presume everyone is having a great time. But then, the wine runs out before the wedding party …
Deacon on Duty – Out From the Pages
When a popular book is made into a movie you often hear, “the book is better” or, “watch the movie first, then read the book”. As a fan of the Tom Clancy novels, The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, The Sum of All Fears, and many more, I can attest to these adages. …
Deacon on Duty – Head in the Clouds
When I was younger, with far fewer time commitments and responsibilities, I would lay on the ground looking up at the clouds. Weather permitting, I would spend hours lying there, at times trying to identify shapes, mostly animals, sometimes people, but mostly, just watching in wonder as the clouds drifted overhead. I like the big …
Deacon on Duty – Children of God
My mind goes back not that long ago to the images of frantic parents pulling their children up over the barriers to the Kabul airport in the hope of getting out of Afghanistan. They did so, presumably, for a better life for their children than one they envisioned awaiting them under the Taliban rule. Similarly, …