• Passing On The Spirit

  Eighteen years ago I walked out of our family home to begin life on my own. Minutes before I left my dad blessed me. It was short and simple. I

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• The Bad Time Comes

   “The bad time comes” writes Doris Lessing, “and we don’t know why.” Lately it’s been the bad time. Some of the steady and walkable ground around me has done some

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• Religion, Sex and Suffering

  Religion, sex and suffering make, perhaps, the most constant trinity of human experiences. They send their tentacles out in all directions, coloring virtually all of life in their particular shades.

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• Taming The Bad Dog Within

  There is a story told of a young boy who would persistently do vicious things to his classmates. His concerned teacher kept him after school for a talk.  In reply

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• Christ Still Has Human Flesh

  A man who was entirely careless of spiritual things died and went to hell. And he was much missed on earth by his old friends. His business agent went down

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• Incarnation Imparts Power

  There is a pain among us as Christians today that is too seldom talked about. It is the pain of losing a loved one, not through death or even through

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• The Scent Of Unseen Roses

  The scent of finding life, wrote George Macdonald, is “to smell the scent of unseen roses. I doubt we understand that very well, caught as we are in the tyranny

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• The Paradox Of Priesthood

  Recently I celebrated the 10th anniversary of my ordination. Ten years as a priest! A time for some reflection! I can say it out loud: They’ve been good years, full

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• Theologian Hard To Recognize

  Recently I helped plan and direct a seminar by Edward Schillebeeckx. I have rubbed shoulders with some famous persons before but I was a bit more nervous this time. An

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• The Death Of A Soldier

  One of the most precious of all experiences is being with a person when he or she is dying. Paradoxically, death clarifies so many things about life and the dying

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