Why do these faithful servants choose to walk away?
I love my vocation, so let me get that out there to start. I was asked to write on this topic a few weeks ago, and needed some time to… Read more.
Don’t let 2020 steal the joy sent to bring you hope
In the ever-lovely “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” we hear Charlie’s security blanket-toting friend Linus quote a line from the Gospel of Luke. “Behold, I bring Read more.
Hypocrisy can’t lead, because people won’t follow
Early on in this weird year of pandemic a very ugly trend began. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s face of COVID-19, issued a missive stating that everyone must Read more.
We have to allow ourselves to mourn properly
I’ve done quite a few funerals of late. Not on the scale of Father Regis Ryan at the Archangel Gabriel parish, whose comforting nature and older congregation have Read more.
It’s OK to vote your own way
“You are voting for (name of local pol), right?” I overheard one neighbor ask another last week. “I’m not, I’m voting for the other guy.” came Read more.
Guess what? On Nov. 4 we still have to be neighbors
When this issue of the gazette hits newsstands, the presidential election will be four days out. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Americans will decide who will sit in the Oval Read more.
The soundtrack of my youth takes a massive loss
Eddie Van Halen? He can’t be dead, can he? The first time I saw Eddie and his band Van Halen was 1983. I was 14. I didn’t know what to… Read more.
Proverb: ‘There, but by the grace of God, go I’
I have two friends who both joined the Navy as young men. They know and love one another, and both made a career of the Navy, but their courses are… Read more.
Autumn will bring in a much needed reprive from hot bitter summer
Summer’s winding down. The sun slides further south in the Pennsylvania sky, and the day’s heat starts to dissipate as night settles in earlier and earlier. Read more.
What happened to doing something nice out of compassion?
I don’t know Dante Whitbeck. Never met him, never interacted with him. I didn’t know his late cousin Anthony Huber, either. I suspect most of the folks across Read more.