It’s been a week. I have nothing to say about anything, except that. This morning, I stood in the nave of our century old Anglican Church building, joining my voice with about a hundred and fifty other souls to say the Nicene Creed. People have been reciting the Nicene Creed for about 1,700 years. That…
The first Monday in January is its own kind of beginning. The holiday season is behind us (almost—tomorrow, Epiphany, wraps it up), and we resume our regularly scheduled programming. My calendar is already peppered with things this week. Gerry’s off to the fitness center this morning while I return to routine at home, and we’ll…
Relatively speaking, it hasn’t been all that long since we started observing January 1 as the first day of the year. The ancient Romans initiated the tradition around the year 153 BC for political and military reasons, naming the first month after Janus, the god of doorways, gates, and thresholds. The first day of our…