(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Moses was 80 when he gave his people the laws of God. But Sunday’s first reading from Exodus tells us that receiving and disseminating them was just part of his…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) A good witness to any important event knows details about everything they’ve seen and heard. They can answer: Through whom did you receive information about this event? With whom were…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) What is truth? In this age of lies disguised as truth, this question is more important than ever. It is both simple and difficult. Even the heroic Captain Kirk struggled…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) One of the most important legacies Jesus left us was a blueprint for raising up a prayer. The Our Father has everything we need to build our own prayer, and…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Our modern world is filled with fear it defines as terrible. It’s caused by the belief that someone or something will inflict pain. But there is an archaic fear that…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Our God loves variety. Look how different we are from each other! That difference isn’t by accident. Our Creator doesn’t just scatter seed here and there to grow his people.…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) “Child of God” isn’t a job for sissies. It comes with one of humanity’s most challenging job descriptions. John tells us about it in Sunday’s second reading from his first…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) More than a century ago, Mark Twain taught that there are three kinds of falsehoods: lies, damned lies and statistics. Ignorance is their common denominator. In the Internet era, we…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) “From each according to ability, to each according to need.” This is from Karl Marx, Communism’s father. Knowing this was his mantra, you’d think he’d have been a big fan…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) The readings for Easter Sunday give us two pictures of Peter the Rock: One telling us that, before seeing and believing the significance of his Master’s empty tomb, he didn’t…