Jesus said “Let not your hearts be troubled!” My heart is troubled by the polarization of “either/or” thinking. So I ask was Jesus and “either/or” thinker? Or was he a “both/and thinker?
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“Caller Unknown”… the Body of Christ
“Caller unknown” often leads to the marketer’s purgatory of Voice Mail , or even to the marketer’s hell of the Spam Folder. Do we really listen to the calls of the poor… or put their cries in voicemail?
Mayday! Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
This Mindwalkreflects on what some might call Pope Francis’ ‘Mayday signal’ for workers today. One of his recent weekly General Audiences triggered my juxtaposing workers today and mayday calls.
Heart Transplants – Physical… and Spiritual
“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26) A biblical promise of a spiritual transplant!
A Transforming Surprise – Encounter With Jesus
Jesus’ disciples experienced a transforming surprise.
God does not come to us in the way we want God to come. God comes to us in the ordinariness of our daily lives… if we open our eyes to see and hear, especially the cries of the poor… we will see God.
Have You Tried Christianity?
“… in the modern world we are primarily confronted with the extraordinary spectacle of people turning to new ideals because that have not tried the old. Men have got tired of Christianity; they have never found enough Christianity to get tired of.” Chesterton
Are We Afraid of the Body of Christ?
Do we understand “Body of Christ”? If we do how does it challenge our way of thinking and the systems we live with?
US Bishops Labor Day Statement – Echos of Ozanam
Among the many insightful things contained in this year’s powerful Labor Day statement of the United States Bishops, some passages especially caught my interest as echoes of Ozanam.