Lone Star Parson

So what's going on in LSPland , you ask. I'll tell you, the sun shines, birds sing, and fasting continues apace. It's Lent, you ...

Whoever said life'd be easy? No one, and with that in mind I left the sylvan groves of old Texas for the concrete metrosprawl of th...

Fasting's an important weapon in the spiritual armory, helping us to beat back and subdue the sins of the flesh. "Their god is...

The day started off well, with strong covfefe on the porch. It moved ineluctably to guns, note health food. And now? St...

Terrifying, isn't it. That's right, the prospect of not one but two pancake suppers and such is life, here in the syrup maratho...

Enjoy your celebration of this great saint but don't forget his remarkable asceticism, which began while he was a slave in Ireland...

In today's Gospel, Christ is tempted by Satan in the wilderness, at the peak of which he's taken to the top of a mountain and...

Ash Wednesday is upon us and with it a crashing reminder of our own mortality and the need to repent of past and present wickedness. So...