“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 →