I prefer meaningful conversation to small talk. I imagine most of us do. And while not everyone is up for a soul-baring session, it's nice to get to know people on a level that goes deeper than "What do you do?" or "Where are you from?" The other night, a...
On the mind of the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Jung-Chul Lee... “Homecoming.” What does that word mean for you? For many, it conjures up images of football games, marching bands, and pep rallies; alumni returning to campus, weathered by some years gone by; and...
The other day a parishioner called me a workaholic. Guilty as charged, although I'm working on it. I’ve gotten better at the art of saying “no” and setting boundaries around my time. But it can be hard for me to step away from work. I often feel like the...
This past week, I was with an Associate at Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, NY. He shared with me a story that stopped me in my tracks. He came across the story in this podcast, which is a lecture by Heiromonk Irenei Steenberg, an Eastern Orthodox mystic....
Earlier this week, a middle-aged couple asked me to pray for them. Specifically, they wanted a prayer for their marriage “to be a sacrament.” I could tell they were Catholic because in the Catholic Church, holy matrimony is considered a sacrament. In the...