There are certain projects that, no matter how many times I tackle them, I still find myself a beginner each time.

On the kitchen counter at the rectory, we have a cookbook stand that, for the last few months, has held a book by Ina Garten titled Go-To Dinners.

1988, as an undecided freshman, my college advisor asked what I wanted to select as a major. Looking at the job board, I picked a career that paid the most. At that moment my major and “life course” were decided, or so I thought.

As I write this article on the Fall Equinox, it is time to ramp up the music program to full speed.

One of my favorite preachers (besides Fr. Tim, of course!) likes to tell this story: Every morning a ship’s steward would bring the captain a cup of tea.

On most mornings when we take the dogs for their early walk along the beach, Bryna and I marvel at the sunrise.

God is always at work, all around us. This truth shapes the narrative of the Bible.

Perhaps like me, prior to Sunday, August 24, 2025, when you heard the phrase “I’ll be back,” you thought of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1984 film The Terminator.