Vatican Corner 12-23-18

by | Dec 21, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner

At the Vatican on the morning of Friday December 7, 2018, preparations for the celebration of the birth of Christ started off with an exhibition of over 100 different nativity scenes. This was the 43rd edition of the exhibit and it featured a wide variety of artistic...

Pastors Desk 12-23-18

by | Dec 21, 2018 | News and Info, Pastor's Desk

There’s a marvelous scene in the Old Testament that sort of illustrates in a very stark fashion something of what is occurring in today’s scriptures. It is the scene where the famous prophet Elijah, being pursued by his enemies, takes refuge in a cave and waits for...

Vatican Corner 12-16-18

by | Dec 14, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner

This year the traditional nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square is not so traditional. For the first time it was made of sand, 720 tons. In November, heavy trucks brought the sand from the Italian seaside city of Jesolo near Venice, where every year since 1998 that...

Pastors Desk 12-16-18

by | Dec 14, 2018 | News and Info, Pastor's Desk

Soren Kierkegaard the well-known philosopher of Denmark has a famous fable about geese. The geese in a certain farmyard decided to gather together every seventh day. At that time one of the ganders would mount the fence and preach to his fellow geese about their lofty...