In May, I officiated at 2 weddings. In both cases, the couple was engaged for over a year. That gave them plenty of time to plan. But what they didn’t plan on when they set their date was how they would have to deal with a pandemic that would shut down the entire world 2… Read More »

In 1972, a comedy show debuted in which Bob Newhart played the role of a psychiatrist. It ran for 6 years before it went off the air. In 1982, Bob debuted a new comedy show in which he played the role of a Vermont innkeeper. It ran for 8 seasons before it went off the… Read More »

Scripture : John 14:15-21 The setting for today’s Gospel takes place in the upper room, with Jesus and the disciples gathered together for the Passover Feast as described in John 13.  Jesus is preparing his disciples for his departure.  He has been with them for over three years and as with any family, when the… Read More »

Last fall, we had Alpha meetings on Sunday nights. In one of the videos we did not use, Nicki Gumble shares an illustration of a boy who was being teased because he was adopted. After a while, the boy reached his breaking point, so he turned in anger toward his tormentors, and yelled “my family… Read More »

English teachers often get upset when they encounter mistakes in grammar. One mistake that gets them especially upset is the misuse of punctuation, particularly commas. Commas are the punctuation marks that should be used in between a series of statements or in a list of items. For instance, if Mary were to describe the things… Read More »