Homily Archive (Page 18)

Two people meet at a conference.  The first person says to her new acquaintance, “So, do you believe in God?” The reply is, “Yes.” She says, “Me too. So are you Jewish, Muslim or Christian?” “Christian.” “Wow, me too! Protestant or Catholic?” “Protestant.” “No way, me too! What kind of Protestant?” “Baptist.” “Oh my gosh, me too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” “Northern Baptist.” “Me too! Northern conservative Baptist or Northern liberal Baptist?” “Northern liberal Baptist.” “Me too! Northern liberal…

In 1858, two steam powered ships met in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, after one had left north America and the other western Europe. Halfway across the Atlantic, they connected two ends of a 2,500 mile long cable together that they towed from their own shores. Making history, the cable linked together the European and North American continents by telegraph. Once they connected that ONE wire, everyone on our continent had communication with the other side of the world.…

There was a family that had moved to a new city, and after they got settled in their new home, they did all the other things you might do in order to get acclimated to a new place. They learned where the grocery store and posts office was. They asked locals about which restaurants were the best to visit. And of course they took time to get their two kids settled into their new school. Well – next came the…

During the 1950s, many cities had a practice called “civil defense drills.” Some of you probably remember these. They were a creature of the Cold War. The threat of a missile attack loomed at that time during the nuclear arms race. This was where, when the sirens sounded, you were supposed to practice taking cover as you would in the event of a nuclear attack: school kids would hide under desks; people would barricade themselves down in fall-out shelters (there’s…