Perhaps the impossible might be possible with God: that in opening ourselves in prayer, we will be ready to receive that which we cannot conceive, to hold that which we cannot grasp, to love he […]
Category: Spirituality
Waiting for a God Who Never Comes
Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, can lay claim a surplus of meaning. Ostensibly a narrative about two men waiting for the arrival of a third, one can find within its lines a discussion of […]
Radical Thanksgiving
In Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen writes “The most subtle desire for power, and the most difficult to overcome, is the desire for thanks. As long as people keep thanking us for what we have done […]
With Missionary Eyes We Will See: Mt 25
Without question, this week’s Gospel reading of Matthew 25: 31-46 is one of the most important Gospel readings for those Christians involved in work of charity and justice around the world. Countless websites, mission statements, […]
Waiting in Hope
Reflection on the readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Therefore stay awake, For you know neither the day nor the hour. There are many things I find difficult in this parable. Jesus’ exhortation […]
The Solemnity of All Saints
Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” ~ John of Patmos I find myself all too comfortable with where […]
Theologically considering stay-at-home fatherhood
I am a stay-at-home dad of two boys, a 19-month old and an almost 3-month old. This and this alone places me in the minority of couples with children. These days, it seems, being a […]
Sacrifice of Praise
During one of our regular Sunday night phone calls, my mom reported her encounter at mass with a song she’d not before heard, “Sacrifice of Praise” by Michael Joncas. Beyond the loveliness of the song’s […]
Discerning a call for another theological space?
I do not know how many times the question has come up for me over the last decade. Which question? “What do you plan to do with THAT?” The topic in question? My area of […]
The Vatican, technology, and being human
This past Tuesday, on the 60th anniversary of Pope Benedict’s ordination to the priesthood, the Vatican published a new, interactive, accessibility-oriented website called news.va…. Impressive to say the least. Note the nice twitter integration; the […]
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