Christians: Persecuted; Privileged: Or …
Christians seem most comfortable in one of two situations. We prefer either to be the persecuted, or the powerful. Jesus said we are “blessed” when persecuted. That’s how they treated the prophets, he...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day: Take a Breath; Say a Prayer
Prayer isn’t all that complicated. Take a breath, say a prayer. Along with whatever else might pass your lips in honor of Ireland’s patron saint, here is a prayer attributed to St Patrick: Christ be...
View ArticleWhat Two Weeks Confirmed For Me
With absolutely no intention of malice, no sense of self-righteousness and no felt need to convince anyone that I am right and they are wrong, I do believe that now is the time for me to simply state...
View ArticleMaybe if we looked up …
I was standing there admiring the amazing installation of a hot water heater. I didn’t hear it coming. It was silent. I couldn’t see it – it was coming from above, and that’s not where my attention...
View ArticleWe Don’t Say “Hi” Anymore …
I was on my way to the hospital to visit a parishioner. Walking takes me about 15 minutes and most of the people I encounter are students coming or going from classes. On this particular afternoon I...
View ArticleWhere are the angels?
He was a mentor of mine, a good man who hurt a lot of people. He went to jail for a time, and when he got out, I went to visit him. Because of the nature of his crime, his reputation was pretty much...
View ArticleAnd Nobody Can Deny …
On this day when we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. and all that his name and work stands for, and roiling in the recent controversy over whether Donald Trump said this, that or the other thing,...
View ArticleCommemorating the Natural Unity
The reason the western world – and perhaps the entire world – is in such turmoil with regard to immigration, refugees and what to do with seekers of asylum is all the fault of the Christian Church....
View ArticleFrom a Summit
A Prime Minister, an activist and a physicist walk into a bar … or onto the stage at the World Economic Forum. Justin, Malala and Fabiola – PM, activist and physicist respectively, were in conversation...
View ArticleRevealing that Intramuscular Site
Amid all the recent turmoil around the stock market, whether the president will speak to the special prosecutor and the snow storm set to begin on Wednesday, we might have missed the story about...
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