Speaking to the Soul: Smoothing it Over
How will our conflicts and factions look in hindsight? Hopefully like they do in the book of Acts.
How will our conflicts and factions look in hindsight? Hopefully like they do in the book of Acts.
How can holding onto God’s promises change our lives and the lives of generations to come?

In the gospel of Matthew 14: 22-32, the miracle is not that Jesus walks on water, but that Peter even tries. If you have ever

What is the unique feature of your seemingly defective spiritual anatomy (that might actually be your most beautiful gift to God), that you can place on the altar the next time you hear this bidding in the Offertory?

The life of Saint Alexis of Rome invites us to examine identity in a new way. What do we identify with? How do we identify others? Is it by social status? Race? Gender? Or, might we learn to see beyond those things and realize that the beggar and the prince are the same?

The “Righteous Gentiles” invite us to look again at all those situations where we say to ourselves, “I think this is wrong but maybe the authorities know best. And besides, what can I do about it?”

As I listened to this person, I remember thinking to myself, “Boy, this guy could really use a good psychotherapist.” And then I remember the split-second feeling of free-fall when it dawned on me that the therapist he needed was me.
How can we follow Peter’s example and pray in such a way that God can blow our minds?
Today we wrestle with one of the most destructive passages in the Hebrew Bible.
Can God change a world that is “still breathing threats and murder”? The example of Saul shows us how it’s done.