The Shadow of the Trinity

Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in writing | No Comments »

The church recently celebrated Trinity Sunday, when we recall that God is a community of three Persons. And though it may appear that the feast is solely a reminder of the nature of the Christian God, it is about us, ...

Jesus’ Prayer (Easter 7)

Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in writing | No Comments »

This year, the gospel for the 7th Sunday of Easter (John, chapter 17) is a section of the Lord’s prayer --- not the Our Father but Jesus’ prayer the night before he died --- in which Jesus asked God to ...

Insider/Outsider

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in writing | No Comments »

Insider and outsider are two common ways that people think of themselves and others. It seems a natural human trait that we define ourselves by who we admit into our lives and who we keep out. Sometimes the walls that ...