By disengaging, the more time we spend at something the less we know about it. By determining to be an active learner we can grow to be an active participant.…
Many friendships, families and marriages live in the deadlock between pride and vindictiveness. When you hurt me, I believe I have two options- I will prove to you I am…
Favoritism, factions, and greed that harm human families can also occur among God’s family and keep us from coming to the table or keep us from sharing at the table.…
Any program to fix the world that leaves us out will be incomplete. But our lists for what need to be fixed in the world rarely contain “ourselves”. In a…
Any program to fix the world that leaves us out will be incomplete. But our lists for what need to be fixed in the world rarely contain “ourselves”. In a…
You and I are seeds. We are a small portion of what we will be. Our ultimate selves are hidden. What we will become in the resurrection depends on the…
You and I are seeds. We are a small portion of what we will be. Our ultimate selves are hidden. What we will become in the resurrection depends on the…
By referring to the House of Stehanas as the firstfruits he was not only speaking of them as the first to believe but also as pre eminent. Paul is evoking…
By referring to the House of Stehanas as the firstfruits he was not only speaking of them as the first to believe but also as pre eminent. Paul is evoking…
One of the most dangerous questions to have to ask in life is, “How did I get here?” It suggests: I was not paying attention to my own progress I…
One of the most dangerous questions to have to ask in life is, “How did I get here?” It suggests: I was not paying attention to my own progress I…
As we read Deuteronomy we are faced with the problems of a nation at war in the name of God. People often ask me how I can believe a God…
As we read Deuteronomy we are faced with the problems of a nation at war in the name of God. People often ask me how I can believe a God…
Perhaps our culture of suspicion is really an expression of our total alienation, from God, from each other and from creation. Moses reminds us that God spoke this covenant to…
Perhaps our culture of suspicion is really an expression of our total alienation, from God, from each other and from creation. Moses reminds us that God spoke this covenant to…