The Princess Bride is a movie that was not popular when it was released in 1987, but it became beloved, and continues so to this day. The characters are cherished, the story is timeless, and the quotes keep finding their way into modern life. So we are going to play a respond game. Fill in the word at the end: “As you wish .” “Have fun storming the castle .” “Think it will work? It will take a miracle …” Last one is a whole sentence response, but I know at least Karen (our Senior Warden) knows it since she said it to me after I used this word in a sermon. “Inconceivable!!!” (“You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means.”) During the pandemic, the movie took a prophetic turn when a line emerged in pop culture…. The hero Westley was asked, “Why you wearing a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that?” And he replies, “Oh no. It's just they're terribly comfortable. I think ...
Merry Christmas everyone! I love the fact that we keep saying Merry Christmas well into January! Yes, it’s true that H-E-B has its Valentine’s Day stuff already, but we celebrate the full twelve days of Christmas! Today is the second Sunday of Christmas, and the eleventh day of Christmas.(That’s eleven pipers piping, in case you were wondering). There are two options for a Second Sunday after Christmas Gospel lesson: there is the great story of Jesus as a 12 year old, who gets left behind in Jerusalem. His parents frantically return to the huge city in a state of panic and don’t find the tween until after three days. And when they find him, he is, oblivious to their distress, discussing, debating, and even teaching in the Great Temple among the adults. That’s Luke story though, and since it is Lectionary Year A, the year we hear mostly from Matthew, it makes sense to choose the other option that comes from Matthew’s Gospel. As I said in my Trini...