Where do you go to encounter God? Do you have a favorite place for divine inspiration? Some of you will instinctively think of going to church. Another way to phrase the question is, “Where do you go when you really need to think and make a decision?” Perhaps some of you embrace nature by going […]
I’ve only been “kicked out” of a church once in my life. Some twenty plus years ago I was attending an ecumenical conference in Rome. After the conclusion of the conference, I traveled up to Assisi, the home of St. Francis. It was a Sunday morning and I went to mass at the basilica dedicated […]
This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, when we celebrate the birth of the Church with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. The Holy Spirit’s entrance into the Church made Jesus alive again in the Body of the Church. Just as the Holy Spirit entered into the Blessed Mother of Jesus the first time, […]
“If it feels good, do it – who’s it going to hurt, anyway?” so says our secular culture. This is not news to anyone, but it became abundantly clear to me while teaching theology to high school students back in the 80’s. In the minds of many people, of all ages, whatever you do, for […]
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend! Many may not be aware that the holiday originated in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia. It was 1876, and the nation still mourned the Civil War dead. While teaching a Memorial Day lesson, Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis thought of mothers who had lost their sons. She prayed that […]
Tomorrow, the first Saturday in May, is of course, the running of the 149th Kentucky Derby. As a Kentucky native, I believe that should be a national holiday in the calendar! A woman at the Derby sat by herself in the front row. After a couple races, the man sitting behind her asked, “I noticed the […]