• Listening to Christ’s Heartbeat

  The last supper account in John’s gospel contains a curious picture. The evangelist describes the beloved disciple as reclining on the breast of Jesus. What is contained in this image? 

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• The Passing of a Shepherd

  One of the foremost anthropologists of our century, Mircea Eliade, once commented that “no community should botch its deaths!” Deaths, like births, are important times, formative periods, for all families.

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• Two Great gods

           We only live, only suspire          Consumed by either fire or fire. T.S. Eliot wrote those words and, with them, suggests that our choice in this

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• Our Children and God’s Love

  There is a story floating around, fairly common within homiletic circles, that merits retelling: There was a father of a family who was confronted one day by his wife who

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• Flanked By Thieves

  Several years ago a young priest whom I know, caught up in the pain surrounding the scandal of sexual abuse, used his pulpit to make the following plea. He said

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• Strangers Can Bring God’s Revelation

  There is a tradition within Christianity, strong in Scripture and in the early church but now sadly in danger of dying, of welcoming the stranger. In the early church there

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• A Vespers For The World

  Lord God, as evening draws near, draw me to yourself in prayer. Draw me to you as earth, for I am its child, the world in microcosm. In my sincerity

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• Say ‘Thank You’ By Enjoying The Gift

  Several years ago, one of my sisters died of cancer. She was an Ursuline nun, possessed a deep faith and had, for many years, given herself over to the service

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• Welcoming the Stranger

  There is a tradition within Christianity, strong in Scripture and in the early church but now sadly in danger of dying, of welcoming the stranger. In the early church there

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• The Court Jester Goes To The Zoo

  Nobody gets through grade school without having to write an essay on My Day at the Zoo. One never outgrows the need to write such a piece. The zoos just

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