Readings for May 18, 2014: Fifth Sunday of Easter “As long as you believe in God and try to be a good person, it doesn’t matter what religion you choose.” “There are different paths up the same mountain, but they…
Jesus: Way, Truth, Life
Fear Not, I Am with You!
I’m sure you’ve heard the story, of which there are many versions. One day a man walking along a beach noticed a boy throwing starfish in the ocean. Realizing the tide was going out the man asked, “What are you…
Does Jesus Want Us Out of the Church?
I just read a news story praising a Nashville-based literary agency that represents “top progressive Christian authors.” It stated that many of the authors have been influenced by Phyllis Tickle, who penned, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Such…
The God Particles: Part One
Science and religion. Who in their right mind would want to blog about this? Why would I want to throw gasoline on the spark and risk igniting a firestorm? Why? Because. That’s why. Sounds kind of juvenile, I know. But,…
Lessons of the Sower, Part 1: The Path
Sharing the joy of the Gospel is not always an easy thing. There are many challenges that lay before us. That is why Jesus told us the Parable of the Sower. In it, a man sows seeds which represent God’s…
The Power of Confession
Recently I reviewed the book The Light is On For You: The Life-Changing Power of Confession, the latest book by Cardinal Donald Wuerl. It was an eye-opening read on the sacrament of confession. By eye-opening I’m referring to the fact…
Evangelical Catholicism: Giving Me My Marching Orders
I’m continuing the discussion on this great book by George Weigel. Previous posts here, here, and here. The sixth trait Weigel discusses is the Bible and how it is to be studied and used in our everyday life. “Evangelical Catholicism…
Are You Passing Up the Green Pastures of Abundant Life?
Readings for May 11, 2014: Fourth Sunday of Easter The atheist philosopher of the 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche, once said: “if Christians want me to believe in their redeemer, they need to look more redeemed.” He was drawing the wrong…
God’s Chiseling
Every saint has a different story. One never hears a saint’s story and says, “this person was exactly like saint so-and-so”. (Saint So-and-So – the patron of people that forget names.) They’re all different, including in the time it took…
Sin and Weltanschauung
Last night I attended the first of two lectures at my parish on the topic of worldview. One thread ran like this: The ultimate reality is God, who is all good. Therefore the worldview most attuned to reality is most…