by Dan Fuerst | Aug 27, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
Do you know what it is like to be thrilled by the power of Christian faith one moment and then utterly fail in it the next? I do. That is Peter in today’s Gospel. After last week’s bold confession, he now hears Jesus speak of suffering and death, and...
by Dan Fuerst | Aug 20, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
I am sure you have heard the phrase, “Actions Speak Louder Than words. Meaning, if you believe something then what you do should correspond to what you believe. In a study by a University specializing in Communications, found that 7% of the population when...
by Dan Fuerst | Aug 13, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
On Friday, August 21, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Pius X. He truly was an amazing individual and pope who practiced humility and practiced it discretely. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was born 2 June 1835 and died on 20 August 1914. He was head of the...
by Dan Fuerst | Aug 6, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
As a young, newly ordained priest, I admired a senior priest who was gifted, beloved, and had changed countless lives. But soon I learned that he had fallen in catastrophic and destructive ways. The painful juxtaposition of good and evil was complex to process. How...
by Dan Fuerst | Jul 31, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
We all need quiet time to ourselves every once and awhile. Jesus in the Gospel is seeking quiet time. His very best friend just died, St. John the Baptist. Jesus sought a deserted place to pray, to think, and to mourn the loss of his cousin/friend. The crowds however,...
by Dan Fuerst | Jul 23, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
Around the time that the gold rushes ended in the nineteenth-century West, a curious phenomenon arose in New England known as money diggers. These were men who roamed the countryside with shovels, divining rods, and superstitious hope, convinced that treasure lay...