Inspired by a funeral I attended Saturday morning, which celebrated the life of a 95-year old navy man, I treated myself to a lingering sunset Saturday night. "Imagine how a sunset would look from a ship in the middle of the ocean," Father Bill Hoffman said during his homily, as he took us through a [...]
What would you do in a Klondike bar? If you were a young Bill Hoffman, you might follow your dad in on a Sunday morning to enjoy a little post-mass refreshment -- Orange Crush and a candy bar for you and your four siblings, and a beer or two for your dad. You'd feel right [...]
Father Bill’s last mass at St. Therese mirrored the man. Casual and unassuming, still pious and profound, the mass and the priest celebrated the joy of genuine faith and sweetly tended friendship. “How do you treat a new pair of shoes?” he asked in his homily. “You break them in patiently. You treat them with [...]