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The Broken Chain

How do we learn language? Or gardening? Or baking? Or woodwork? Chances are, we learned from our parents and...
Joyce Mancinelli
January 22, 2018
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Beer and Religion in Country Music by Ian McDonald

Beer and Religion in Country Music  by Ian McDonald It seems in Country music that God, Religion and Beer go...
Joyce Mancinelli
January 15, 2018
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The still small voice

The still small voice of God...but how to hear it? In today's scripture reading, we heard how Samuel was...
Joyce Mancinelli
January 14, 2018
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Religion in Modern Music by Ian McDonald

Religion in Modern Music.  by Ian McDonald Since I was about 14 years old music has been a place of refuge and...
Joyce Mancinelli
December 20, 2017
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Who--me?

Fr. Gordon used this Cursillo prayer during his sermon on Sunday, Sept. 3rd. It's a great piece that should be...
Rev. Gordon Shields
September 4, 2017
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A Church for all seasons; a season for all churches.

As with friends, so it is with churches. You surround yourself with people, some meeting the need for conversation,...
Joyce Mancinelli
July 23, 2017
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You are the light

Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a wealthy nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to...
Rev. Gordon Shields
July 14, 2017
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Christ has no body now on earth but yours

Christ has no body now on earth but yours... What do we make of that opening line from a prayer by St. Teresa of...
Joyce Mancinelli
June 18, 2017
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Filling Every Pew

Did that heading make you smile? Or hope? Or remember the past? Remembering the past, really is the answer. Back in...
Joyce Mancinelli
June 9, 2017
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Look back, look forward

Some years ago, Rev. Dr. Donald Grayston was our priest at St. Oswald's. He told us to "Look back. Look Forward....
Joyce Mancinelli
April 12, 2017

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