Monthly Archives: June 2012

Is it Time for Bible School Already?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by jkelly

     Today we began our annual summer test of endurance and fortitude, Bible School.   Since I’m the parish music minister,  my job is to get 75 children from preschool to grade 5 to sing about how awesome God … Continue reading →

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Questioning Angels

Posted on June 24, 2012 by jkelly

Zechariah never saw it coming.  There he was at the temple burning incense at the altar after having been chosen by lots, and suddenly an angel appears at the side of the altar and tells him he will have a son. … Continue reading →

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All in the Family

Posted on June 17, 2012 by jkelly

A family is a aggregate of personalities and habits molded and bound together by the forces of time and love.  It is a collective memory encompassing blissful days of laughter, loving and joy, enduring, striving and surviving.  It is legends … Continue reading →

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School’s Out!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by jkelly

This year marked the first June since 1959 that I wasn’t excited about the last day of school because for the first time since 1959 I wasn’t in school. My school career began in a wonderful little kindergarten run by … Continue reading →

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