• 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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• New Year’s Resolutions Testify To Faith

  If you are like I am then you most likely act out a certain cycle every year. Each Jan. 1, you make New Year’s resolutions, keep them for a while,

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• Silent Hidden Gestation

  Some years ago, I visited the Holy Land. It’s a strangely different place. Nobody doubts that. Virtually every inch of its soil has been soaked in blood, including the blood

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• God’s Descent into the Secular

  There are two great drives inside us: Part of us is driven towards the secular. The pagan has such an overwhelming reality and power that we are almost helpless before

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