Christmas
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Christmas sausage
Sheryl and I have two favorite breakfasts at home, if we take time for something more than cereal. Both are quick and simple to prepare, and they make a festive start for a holiday or an ordinary day off. One starts with fresh eggs, cheese, and pico de gallo, paired with an English muffin or Continue reading
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Waiting for a messiah
“What happens to a dream deferred?” The question Langston Hughes posed in his poem “Harlem” at the threshold of the civil rights movement is as relevant during this season of expectation as it was 2,000 years ago when the Jewish expectation of a messiah was reaching a climax. Every year during Advent we rehearse our Continue reading
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As Christmas nears
“Joy to the world!” we’re preparing to sing in little more than two weeks, “and heav’n and nature sing” with us, or we with them. We echo joy in heeding the invitation, “Sing choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of Bethlehem” – and of Buffalo and its environs, too. I already Continue reading
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This call is for you
When our celebration of Christmas ends, the work of Christmas begins. According to theologian and poet Howard Thurman, that work is: “To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers [and sisters], To make music in the heart.” The Continue reading
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The Innkeeper: Ruminations for Christmas Eve
Sometimes the tiniest act of kindness can save a life. It might even transform the world. I’m thinking of some of the players in the first Christmas story. They’re given no credit in the cast of characters, but you know they were there. Take the innkeeper, for example. He’s not even mentioned in the scene Continue reading
The Sauntering Pilgrim 