Apart from me you can do nothing. - John 15:5
The second semester just concluded and I am sure the pace was even faster than I ever felt it before. Our junior high and high school students exerted some serious intellectual energy completing their midterms last week. Elementary students attend school each day focused, eager, full of energy and joy, and ready for recess. Report cards will be emailed to parents and students before the end of today. Academically, I have been wondering more frequently - given the reality of so many students learning away from each other and away from the classroom...
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When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?
We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” - Matthew 2:1-2
I began writing this message on the Feast of the Epiphany. Much has happened in our world in those few days, but I believe this message remains relevant.
The journey of the Magi bears many similarities to our own spiritual journey. It’s certainly a familiar story to us all: the wise men follow a mysterious star to visit the child Jesus -- the newbo...
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For this momentary light affliction
is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
as we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen;
for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal. - 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
I think there is one obvious place to start and I do not pretend to really capture in words how much this means, but thank you. Thank you for your patience, prayer, and support. This has not been the best week, and most certainly not the best year.
Our school saw four souls leave this world in the last two weeks. These are t...
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Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews.
But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?”
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.
Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” - John 18: 36, 37
The liturgical year comes to a close this week as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. The cyclical nature of the life of the Church...
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When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place—
What is man that you are mindful of him,
and a son of man that you care for him?
Yet you have made him little less than a god,
crowned him with glory and honor. - Psalms 8:4-6
Dear Families,
“Christian, remember your dignity, and now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return by sin to your former base condition.” - St. Leo the Great (Memorial was November 10)
The mornings feel a little different of late and I can sense something inside of me moving. Although I can’t quite hear it with my ...
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." - Hebrews 12:1
Fall is perhaps the season where it is easiest to perceive the glory of God in His creation. Particularly fall in New Hampshire. Even as a native, having witnessed the glorious transformation of our environment year after year, I still stand in awe and wonder at the beauty that surrounds me. Watching the seasons unfold and living the familiar routines we associ...
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“If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.” - John 8:31-32
Last week I was welcomed on the Steve Smith Podcast to discuss the school year thus far. Sometimes it is better not to formulate precisely what will be said ahead of a conversation, so as to enter into that conversation with authenticity. And then the question came from Mr. Smith, the same question Mrs. Sweet delved into the last newsletter. I am a stickler for first reactions, as those tend to be the most revealing of a person’s innermost thoughts and expe...
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