God Discovered in Inner Space
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) A recent movie, “Fly Me to the Moon,” was marketed as a tale about people intent on faking the Apollo 11 moon landing. This secret mission was to offer insurance…
Christ isn’t a Cuss
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) The title “Christ” is derived from the Greek word christos, which translates as the Hebrew term meshiah (Messiah), meaning “the anointed one.” Anointed is a loaded term in itself. To…
All the Way—and Then Some
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Frank Sinatra scored a major hit with the song “All the Way” in 1957. It also received the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the movie “The Joker is…
Scriptural Variations on the Five-Second Rule
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Jesus might have been an early adherent of the 5–second rule. That rule dictates that any food dropped on the floor is still edible if snatched up before five seconds…
A God without Borders—or Brackets.
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) (We don’t usually repeat our posts on the Sunday Mass readings, even though the Church repeats those scripture readings in three-year cycles labeled A, B and C. We’re in Year…
“Fat, Drunk and Stupid is No Way to Go through Life, Son.”
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Wisdom and ignorance are incompatible delicacies. Ignorance is the delicious but poisonous fruit of ego—and is best savored by the egotist when its fertile seeds are transplanted for fruition inside…
Mother Mary Abides at an Erie Oasis
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) A journey can be exhausting—even if it’s a vacation. Kelley’s Island is an oasis among Lake Erie’s touristy vacation spots. Rent a golf cart and stray from the periphery of…
Food that Never Rots
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) How humans treat food is a good standard by which to compare us 21st-Century consumers to our biblical ancestors. Today’s well-fed populations tend to live to eat more than we…
Our Link in God’s No-Waste Supply Chain
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Accomplishing unity from among humanity’s multitude of personalities would have been a miracle in any era. So consider the miracles Elisha and Jesus pull off in this Sunday’s readings (2…
Retreat Means Discovery, Not Escape
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Summer is a good time for retreats. They’re like vacations from worldly priorities, reminding us there’s only one true priority. Church retreats typically take place away from daily distractions that…