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Inferiority Builds The Soul
James Hillman, who is perhaps America’s most fertile thinker, suggests that it is our inferiorities that build up our souls. His view is that it is not our strengths that
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Beyond Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
It is difficult to grow up, to become an adult. Too much around us and inside us invites us rather to remain the little boy, the little girl – the
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Sex and Soul
Recently I was talking with a young woman who was trying to convince me that I, and the church, have a distorted view about sex. “You make it such a
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Our Need to Kneel
“I do not want to belong to a religion which cannot kneel. I do not want to live in a world where there is No One to adore. It is
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Weeping With A Wall-Eyed Pike
Many of you may have heard this story before. I’ve heard it told by James Dobson, by Richard Rohr, and a few others. But it merits repeating: Some years ago
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Liturgical Tips From The Pew
I am not a liturgist. Hence this critique comes more from instinct, and frustrations with many of the liturgies I attend, than it comes from theological principle. Be that as
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What Shapes A Soul?
Introspection is not always a bad thing. On occasion, it’s good to reflect on the persons and events that helped shape your soul. This is a form of prayer of
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Needing Someone to Adore
I do not want to belong to a religion which cannot kneel. I do not want to live in a world where there is No One to adore. It is
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Thou Shalt Not Betray!
It has been more than 25 years since Martin Luther King was assassinated and, not infrequently, I recall his funeral. It was not like I was there or anything, I
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Being for the World
Jesus told his followers: “Be in the world, but not of the world.” Lately, as a church, we haven’t fared too badly in doing that. Since Vatican II we have,