Our Falsest and Deadliest God
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Humanity has created many false gods since the real One created us. Only one of our ungodly creations promises to be the end of us, though. Revenge. Jesus and the…
Blessed Assurance vs. Cursed Insurance
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) In this troubled world, faith in one’s future is better guided by blessed assurance than cursed insurance. The lack of faith we put in the insurance industry is borne out…
Let Your Will Bequeath God’s Word
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Faith-based knowledge is power—when applied for the sake of beneficiaries. But some keep such knowledge to themselves. The faithless both disbelieve and mock such knowledge, making the faithful fear that…
Innocence Distilled from Our Sin
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) A good editor could have distilled Sunday’s first reading from Genesis down to a paragraph. This is the account of Abraham trying to talk God out of destroying Sodom and…
From Self-Serving to Full Service
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Sunday’s gospel account tells us Jesus’ new friend Mary was busy absorbing his teachings while Martha fussed about all the serving her lazy sister left her to do. Luke…
God’s Invisible Only to the Artificially Intelligent
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Christ taught St. Thomas to believe in a God we can’t see or hear. And by his doubt, Thomas taught us that we can’t see or hear God if we…
The Only Power Worth a Plug
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) When Pope Francis died in April, one might have wondered not only who would succeed him, but who would want to. This is an office best inhabited reluctantly but with…
Growth Measured from Root to Fruit
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) During her 55 years as a journalist, the late Barbara Walters posed tough questions to many world leaders. One question will forever cast shade on Walters’ journalistic legacy, however. During…
The Tragedy of “Might Have Been”
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) “The Chosen” TV series about Christ’s mission has introduced Christians to various ancient Jewish traditions Jesus grew up with. One of them is the singing of “The Dayenu,” a Hebrew…
God’s No-Out Triple Play
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Proverbs tells us that the Holy Spirit of Wisdom was God’s teammate in humanity’s creation. Sunday’s account from that book makes it sound like fun. Wisdom says, “I [was] beside…