Pentecost Sunday – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

In a college philosophy class the topic of the day was, “What distinguishes us humans from…

Feast of Ascension

The Acts of the Apostles starts with an injunction by the risen Christ to wait. I…

6th Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

What I find astounding in the Acts  reading today is that the Samaritans accept  Phillip’s preaching…

6th Sunday of Easter

I have friends who have been married for 40 years and say that they have had…

5th Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

It is said that an optimist looks at a half glass of water and sees it…

5th Sunday of Easter – Year A

Our reading from Acts today describes a scene from the earliest days of the church. The…

3rd Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

At an earlier time in ministry, when I lived in rural South Carolina and Virginia and…

3rd Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The time frames for today’s readings require us to put aside our usual sequential, way of…

2nd Sunday of Easter – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

In a college philosophy course the topic of the day was, “What distinguishes humans from animals?”…

Easter Vigil – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The story of the Resurrection begins for us with an empty tomb. Not the way I…