Heart Characteristics
Monday, June 13th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Heart CharacteristicsIn one of his sermons, Pope Leo the Great urged his hearers to have hearts which are “faithful and enlightened.” What does that mean? I think a faithful heart is one that keeps faith, stays loyal, and remains committed. It is ...
Watching Them Go
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Watching Them GoGraduations are unique and common. The unique aspect is that, whether they are graduating from grade school, high school, or college, the graduates are particular people with particular histories of achievement or lack of achievement, successes or failures, dreams realized ...
Still Here
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Still HereIt's May 22 and the world’s still here. It seems no one has been snatched up to heaven by the Rapture (when, some fundamentalist Christians believe, the true believers in Jesus will disappear from the earth, leaving only sinners ...
Hard to Believe
Monday, May 9th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Hard to BelieveWhen the gospels report the events of Easter, one thing may surprise us: the apostles didn’t believe it. They simply weren’t expecting it, despite the fact that a number of women followers of Jesus said they’d not only seen Jesus, ...
Easter Surprise
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on Easter SurpriseA few years ago I saw a bumper sticker that said, in a kind of good news/bad news way: Jesus is coming . . . and he’s really ticked off! But one of the amazing things about Easter is the ...
