Category: Personal
Jim’s Story – 27-year retrospective
It's been seven years since the last post in the continuing saga of Jim's story. Last October, while writing an ...
Why I am so very grateful for the Second Vatican Council
I was not quite 5 years old when Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council and had just turned ...
Plenty Good Room at Black Catholic Apostolate
Plenty Good Room: The Spirit and Truth of African American Catholic Worship is the title of the 1990 liturgical document ...
Extraordinary Architectural Experiences
Speaking of the Sagrada Familia, I recently saw a reference to an article published several years ago in Faith & ...
Jim’s Story – Part Three
When he started the firm in 1993 and decided to specialize in church design, Jim had every intention of making ...
Thoughts for Father’s Day 2014
The very first church I ever designed - Helderberg Reformed Church - was back in 1986. At that time, public ...
Our Lady of Mercy converted!
Last night I attended an event at Macedonia Baptist Church in Albany, NY hosted by the Men's Fellowship. After the ...
What to do with all these closed churches?
The demolition of St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, NY earlier this year was one of the saddest things I've seen ...
Jim’s Story – Part Two
Once he got to high school, he exchanged his boyhood moniker of Jimmy for the more mature "Jim". He took ...
Jim’s Story – Part One
Once upon a time there was a boy named Jimmy. Jimmy was a very creative boy. He liked to sing ...