Yesterday I decided to try my hand at some woodwork. Now, you have to understand, I am not a stranger to this subject and have even build some usable yard furniture (note “usable”). My Dad was a carpenter, trained in the 1940s before the advent of power tools he had a...

Today we enter into the Triduum, literally, the “three days”. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and on through Holy Saturday to Easter. “Wait!” you say, “That is four days”. In our world, yes, but in the world of first century Judaism we would be counting from sunset to...