Prepare the Way

Sunday, December 9th, 2012 Posted in writing | No Comments »

John the Baptist was the “voice” in the desert calling to people to get the Lord’s way ready, making the crooked ways straight and the rough ways smooth. I’m glad to think that we can ease the Lord’s path and ...

Who’s in the Middle?

Sunday, December 4th, 2011 Posted in writing | No Comments »

Galileo gave us a helio-centric (sun-centered) model of the solar system. He proclaimed that the earth moved around the sun, not the opposite; the earth wasn't in the center, the sun was. And people persecuted him for saying this. I think ...

Two Basic Truths

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 Posted in writing | No Comments »

A few days ago, the first Mass reading was from Deuteronomy, chapter 7, in which Moses reminded the Israelites of two basic truths. The first was that they had nothing that could make God love them. They were neither numerous ...