(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Different is the key word in the readings for Pentecost. It’s repeated several times, but it doesn’t define Pentecost. The Holy Spirit does, by turning different into the same—or more…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Imagine you’re a disciple listening to Christ’s final instructions before his ascension. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Imagine geography being redefined for us this Sixth Sunday of Easter. The visible world is no longer a planet, but a soulless state of mind. Its cities are boundaries in…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Next time you go out to eat, be sure to tip your wait person generously. They represent a highly respected tradition in our early church. Some early waiters are our…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Pain. We’re born in it then run from it for the rest of our lives. Sin itself is pain, and in Sunday’s first reading (Acts 2:14a, 36-41), Peter forces an…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) King David was guilty of many serious sins, topped off by murder and adultery. One might even read into his psalms a hint of ego, as he seeks constant justification…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Lately, political extremists have been using sacramentals to push their agendas. Apparently, with the far right it’s rosaries and with the far left it’s the secular sacrament of sports. Recently…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Christ’s disciples displayed the equivalent of Artificial Intelligence after their Master’s death and resurrection. Their heads were full of the information he gave them, but they had little understanding of…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Nobody who draws up a will or a Family Trust likes surprises. The Guarantor of the will to which all faithful souls are beneficiaries made sure each provision of it…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) “When I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live.” (Ezekiel 37:12-14) This is how the…