“Trash” or “Spam” filters are our first defense against unappreciated messages.
In some ways this is the equivalent of teenage “mother deafness” as we become interested in a world outside our home.
Thankfully, at some point, we mature to say, “As my mother always said…
Let’s explore human “God deafness.”
As I think about the fast-approaching feast of St. Joseph, I focus on the challenges he faced.
Walk with me to understand what we can learn from St. Joseph and the challenges he faced.
Francis has been Pope for ten years! People have been trying to put him in one slot or another.
I have been fascinated by the recent flood of articles trying to make sense of Pope Francis’ ten years.
How do you make sense of Pope Francis?
Among the many hungers in our lives what are you most hungry for?
Do we really hunger for the coming of God’s kingdom where even now we recognize each and every one of us, no matter how scarred, as our brothers and sisters? “How can this be?
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”— Steve Jobs.
Do we understand “Body of Christ”? If we do how does it challenge our way of thinking and the systems we live with?
The question “Why are you looking at the sky?” is addressed to us today. Today, we are those dazed apostles looking up rather than within and around ourselves.
Jesus teaches and models “pay it forward” mercy
St. Paul said “Put on the mind of Christ”, learn to think like Christ. So I asked…what was in the back of his mind as he rode the donkey, washed the feet of his disciples, etc.. in the week that literally changed our world.
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?
Real love is dangerous. Real prayer is transformative for the pray-er. Only then can the pray-er bring transformation. Prayer is movement. Let this Lent be a time when prayer transforms you. Set your prayer in motion!
It’s all Pope Francis’ fault! I can no longer tame the shock of the story of the Good Samaritan.
We spend most of our lives overcoming the latest version of the boundaries of our experience. Jesus’ message called us to expand our horizons beyond the limited vision of what we know. He asked us to imagine one another as God sees us.