News & the Good News

January 2, 2023  Over the weekend I spotted an article about the disappointment of developing countries with the slow response of rich countries to the climate crisis. Disappointment may be too weak a word. Developing countries, the...

September 27, 2021  A decade ago, our Bishop spoke of an encounter he had during a visit to a distant congregation whose small city had made the news over some divisive issue. I think the Bishop later related this to us here at St. Paul’s...

June 1, 2021 When we think of news, we probably don’t think of sports. But much of the news we get is devoted to sports, a great multitude of sports, amateur and professional, scores, profiles of players, management changes, and, of course...

March 22, 2021 According to some reports, the countryside may soon be the place where creative artists flourish. The reason is simple. Cities are just too expensive. The cost of living in New York City is twice the average cost of living...

February 23, 2021 'What do you know about bliss?' someone asked me. Before I could answer, he explained that he was talking about a recently released movie.  He was not asking me about the emotional, spiritual state of perfect happiness or...

February 15, 2021 There is plenty of dispraise around. Dispraise. Yes, dispraise is a word. It means what it sounds like, though I confess I consulted a dictionary the first time I heard it. It sounded at the time inelegant to me. I...