Online Lenten Healing Retreat: Christ Who Heals – Day 3: My Wounded Humanity. Reflection talks and centered prayer on our wounds in need of healing. Find some good earbuds and a quiet place to reflect and pray. He is looking for you. Move to talk on Day 1, or Day 2 […]
Christ Who Heals – Day 2: My Wounded Humanity – Online Lenten Healing Retreat
Online Lenten Healing Retreat: Christ Who Heals – Day 3: My Wounded Humanity. Reflection talks and centered prayer on our wounds in need of healing. Find some good earbuds and a quiet place to reflect and pray. He is looking for you. Move to talk on Day 1, or Day 3
Christ Who Heals – Day 1: Our Wounded Humanity – Online Lenten Healing Retreat
Online Lenten Healing Retreat: Christ Who Heals – Day 3: My Wounded Humanity. Reflection talks and centered prayer on our wounds in need of healing. Find some good earbuds and a quiet place to reflect and pray. He is looking for you. Move to talk on Day 2, or Day 3
you fool
We all know the story of king Solomon, whom God would give the wisdom that he asked for. Solomon had it all: riches, lands, gold, slaves, and fame, and yet he was a searching soul. In Ecclesiastes he tells us of his journey, and his quest for what brings true happiness. At first, Solomon thought […]
on waffles and denying communion
We are beginning the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John is one that’s full of signs, meanings, symbolism, and high theology. But over the next several Sundays, the main theme is going to be how He sees Himself. If we want to learn how to relate to Jesus, we […]
dark powers – or, i am whoever i say i am
The first reading, from the the book of Genesis, tells of what follows immediately after Adam and Eve consume the forbidden fruit. We hear of Yahweh walking in the Garden, looking for Adam, calling out Where are you? With a hint of humor, we hear Adam hiding from Yahweh. His shame makes him reluctant to […]
i don’t believe in priests
Some weeks ago I paid a visit to the Car Wash. They received my car, gave me a ticket, and invited me to sit down in a small waiting room area. I found a seat in the waiting room, which was empty apart from a man and a woman sitting together; I pulled out my […]
the art of hiding in plain sight
Twice throughout the Liturgical year, we pause in a moment of silence, while reciting the Creed. These are the commemorations of the two occasions when God personally intervened in human history in an exceptional way: the birth of Christ and the death—and resurrection—of Christ. In today’s Gospel we explore the mystery of the Word becoming […]
death, the great silence
As the liturgical year draws to the end and we prepare ourselves for a new one, the Readings presented to us start to get a little uncomfortable. Both the First Reading and the Gospel we hear are considered apocalyptic writings, writings about the end of time—Apocalypse meaning unveiling, seeing things as they truly are. In […]
to die or not to die
Last week we heard the story of Zacchaeus, which occurred as Jesus was making his way to Jerusalem. This week we hear that Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem, where he finds the authorities are plotting against him. They set traps for him with their questioning. First they try to trick him by asking where his […]
the leprosy of ingratitude
Leprosy is a terrible disease. In the modern world we have it more or less under control, but in Biblical times leprosy was an extremely serious matter. Leprosy is a bacteria that infects the body and starts rotting away the extremities; it is very contagious, so much so that in Biblical times it was required […]
the lost story of christianity
The great author G.K. Chesterton said the following words: The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. As Christians, we can sometimes fall into the danger of losing our wonder about the story of Christianity. We cease to marvel at the glory of a Father who goes to […]