Category Archives: Geoff Wood Blog

Which of these do you think was a neighbor?             In the earliest days of the Christian community its members expected Christ’s return (after his resurrection) within their own generation or the next.  In other words, this world would end … Continue reading →

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear . . .             The prophet Elijah was the Lone Ranger of ancient Israel.  The Bible contains many a story about his activities and personality.  He lived in the 800’s … Continue reading →

Of Bicycles and Swings             As I think about Father’s Day, two experiences come to mind that sum it up for me.  The first has to do with my eldest son Adam.  I have this pleasant flashback to those afternoons … Continue reading →

If righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.  Galatians 2:21             I remember reading the popular children’s book The Little Engine That Could to my two boys many years ago.  Great illustrations, great supporter of our … Continue reading →

Wichita (in remembrance of Bill Barber)             Many years ago, passing through St. Leo’s parking lot, I saw a bumper sticker that said something like “I served on the Wichita.”  Immediately my mind went back to a November day in … Continue reading →

Give them some food yourselves             In the Adult Education session delivered last Sunday on the Lectionary Readings for the month of June, we made reference to the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens.  It’s about the tendency of modern … Continue reading →

Costello: So I pick up the ball and throw it to who? Abbott: Now that’s the first thing you’ve said right.            Long ago I did a survey of how often the number three occurs in … Continue reading →

Come, Holy Spirit, come! . . . In our labor, rest most sweet; Grateful coolness in the heat.             The Holy Spirit of Pentecost comes often in forceful ways as in Vatican II – but maybe more often in gentler … Continue reading →

Now if I had the wings of an angel / Over these prison walls I would fly . . .             Among the participants at a lecture I delivered one day on the Sunday Lectionary Readings was a young man … Continue reading →

“. . . our beloved Barnabas and Paul”             St. Paul, who is mentioned in today’s first reading, is a captivating character.  Initially an extremely conservative Jew, a Pharisee through and through, a witness to St. Stephen’s stoning in Jerusalem, … Continue reading →