Speaking to the Soul: Teacher, my teacher…
October 25, 2015
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Unlike the rich young ruler, who wouldn’t give away all he had, Bartimaeus quickly threw off the only thing he owned…
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Speaking to the Soul: The real miracle
October 20, 2015
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God knows our frailty, our shaky mix of fear and faith. And that’s as it should be. It is the human condition. Our faith is not a destination. It is a journey. And the journey is fraught with detours and potholes.
Speaking to the Soul: Work and Honor
October 16, 2015
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P. J. O’Rourke once remarked, “Everyone wants to save the planet; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” Unpaid and low-pay work is often invisible work, but it is still work that matters.
Speaking to the Soul: What Will You Do In God’s Kingdom Today?
September 27, 2015
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“If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if
Speaking to the Soul: The Jesus Franchise
September 22, 2015
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The “Jesus franchise” belongs to Jesus alone… not to any person or institution, however exalted. In his infinite wisdom, God blesses us all in our diversity and in our unity. In this morning’s gospel, Christ has a final word for any of us who might find our brother or sister’s faith not exactly to our taste: Your life has been salted… flavored by the love of Christ.
Speaking to the Soul: Welcoming the child
September 20, 2015
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I wonder, though, if our inability to care for the children in our society stems from an inability to welcome the children within ourselves and others?
Speaking to the Soul: The Pecking Order
September 15, 2015
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Has our competitive peripheral vision made us blind to Christ’s clear message of love right before our eyes?
Speaking to the Soul: Going out and coming back
September 6, 2015
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One of the most well-known types of “going out” is when people leave church for a period of years and then they come back to find that it’s not as they remembered at all. Maybe they even wonder why they left.
Speaking to the Soul: Another day another miracle
September 1, 2015
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To the cynical, the distracted, the bored, Jesus commands: Ephphata… Be opened! Open your hearts. Open your minds. Open your senses. Open your will to believe.
Speaking to the Soul: Form and Function
August 25, 2015
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In his classic short story “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” Oscar Wilde grotesquely illustrates Christ’s final point in this gospel: There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.
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