“When there’s no awe in awesome and there’s nothing absolute about absolutely.” © Thoughts on 4th Sunday of Easter, April 22, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com So, when you select your entrée from the menu and you tell your Continue reading
On Thursday evening, April 4, 1968, at approximately 7:30 PM, I was one of two white folks at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Washington, DC headquarters on the corner of 14 th & U Streets NW. Built in 1907 Continue reading
This was our First Reading at this year’s Easter Vigil Service – another take on creation! A New Origin Story by Jean Houston From what Cosmic garden of Eden did you emerge? And toward what destiny are you pointed? Perhaps Continue reading
“We Wait on Fire”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com We are waiting on fire. We Christians have two days before the Easter Vigil to get ready for the fire next time. Of course, the joke Continue reading
“Love in a Letter”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com My father was a letter-writer, a skill honed during his six years away from home from 1932-38. This was the time he spent as a member of the Redemptorist Continue reading
“What’s Holy Week without a little Irony and Ambiguity?”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com To commemorate the events of Holy Week two things are helpful – even required. The first is a sense for irony and the second is an Continue reading
Owls at 4. Geese at 6. © Thoughts on 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 4, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com There is a time of year that the dog, the cat, and I walk out to the fields around Continue reading
A 30 Years Journey Begins with, “You’re Dead Wrong, Ron!”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Community blog: https://maryofmagdala-mke.org/blog At the end of May in 2015 the people of Ireland voted for marriage equality, thereby making love and not legal barriers Continue reading
Ash Wednesday – the Little Things and Mystery © by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com I delivered this homily at this year’s annual Ash Wednesday Service celebrated together by the faith communities of Wauwatosa Area United Methodist Church and Mary of Continue reading
Who knows where we are going? Thoughts on 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 11, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Today’s passage from the Gospel of Mark gains in meaning when placed alongside the same story of the healed Continue reading