by Fr. Jim Chern
Just reading that first reading from Leviticus, here in the year 2021 it has a different feel than ever before. We heard spelled out for us a mandate from scripture of how people were quarantined…
I think of the 4,000 emails that currently sit in my inbox, less than a handful have been intentionally saved for over 12 years, like this one: Hey Fr. Jim - So on Friday I…
In my senior year of college, we had what was called a “Values Seminar”. It was a theology course of only seniors. It was different from other classes - there really wasn’t any exams or…
For those of you who are 35 and older, you’re a part of a world that remembers, who experienced life before the internet and those who have grown up with the internet as just a…
It’s hard to believe that Seinfeld remains as popular a show now as it was when it debuted over 25 years ago. How old does that make everyone feel. The self-described “show about nothing” living…
People were rightly horrified to see dramatic and frightening images from the nation’s capital this past week. The assault on “the People’s House”, the intimidation of elected officials, the deaths that occurred is devastating and…
The first time hearing that phrase “Light pollution,” I was convinced it was a joke or something. Having been born and raised in Jersey and now in college in Pennsylvania, I was learning quickly the…
It’s been hard to escape the number of people who are obviously feeling a lot of negative emotions from a lot of unprecedented and difficult challenges we could never have imagined a year ago… summed…
Over the last five years or so, I've used the last week of the calendar year as an opportunity to do some personal reflection. Regardless what calendar year it is, people seem to have a…
A few years ago, I was at a Mass where a priest-friend of mine was being installed as the new pastor of a parish. Before we began, a middle-aged woman came into the sacristy and…