Welcome to Secular Advent

And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;the …

The Giving Tree

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” –  Matthew 25:40  As we waited for mass to begin, …

FGG-155 The Giving Tree

As we waited for mass to begin, I noticed the giving tree had been set up in the chapel.  For the uninitiated, the Giving Tree is a Christmas tree decorated …

Remembering My Christmas Train

“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in …

The Winter Coat

Give and gifts will be given to you, a good measure, packed together shaken down and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.  Luke 6:38 Growing up in a blue …