Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking. That has probably always been true. But it certainly feels truer now in our polarized lives.
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Pay It Forward Sunday – What? Divine Mercy!
“Pay It Forward.” The lead line in the movie was, “When someone does you a good deed, don’t pay it back; pay it forward.”
Isn’t that what Jesus meant when he said “Do this in memory of me!”
Should You Rethink How You Think?
In our polarized world, everybody wants to change our way of thinking. Does God also want us to change? What change of thinking is God asking… and how would it change how we live?
Biblical Coverups and Gotchas
They were comfortable… until they were told a story. Then they learned an uncomfortable truth. The person in the story out there, hid in their own heart.
In this Vincentian Mindwalk i explore how Pope Francis tells us a story about ourselves that unmasks our coverups and deceptions.
Shocking Statements!!!
The OUR Father is not just a memorized formula or ritual title. Believing… and living accordingly… these words are truly a radical challenge for each and every one of us. We gloss over the implications of “OUR” We unconsciously think of “MY” father.
Learning To “Mercy” Is Like Learning To Walk
“There is no Christianity without mercy. If all our Christianity does not lead us to mercy, we are on the wrong path.” (Pope Francis) Just as we learn to walk, we must learn to “mercy” from our experience of God mercying us.
Who Wants To Change Your Way of Thinking?
Everybody wants to change our way of thinking. Does God? What change of thinking is God asking about how we live?
Is “Our Father” a Challenging Prayer?
God willing, after all this, we will think no longer in terms of ‘them’ and ‘those’, but only ‘us’” (No. 35).
For this reason, I have wished to devote the Message for this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees to the theme, Towards An Ever Wider “We”.
Can Stories Change the World?
Parents learn quickly the power of story as a pacifier. But these stories also shape values. Stories and the lived stories of their example are how we learn our values. – Jesus knew the power of stories! Do you really want to change things? Tell a story!
Finding God in Interruptions
God will often be in the interruptions, the nuisances, the disruption of our best-laid plans. When we open our eyes, we will experience the Kingdom of God at work in us, through us and around us.
Can You Put Yourself In This Picture?
I am not an Ethiopian at the beginning of a thousand-mile journey. Actually, I am on a lifelong journey of trying to “put on the mind of Christ”, to see things as Jesus, the stranger in my life, sees them.
Beyond Waving Palm Branches
On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?
Learning To Think Like Jesus
Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan to help the lawyer think through the question. The story reveals how Jesus thinks. Is that my way of thinking?