A Place for Everything
My journey away from, discovering my roots in the Church and heading back to where I belong is a circuitous one. That’s not unlike many people. Each person,…
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Christ the Teacher and the Accuracy of the Gospels
Some people have trouble accepting the accuracy of the Gospels. Even if we accept that some of the New Testament was written just 20 to 30 years after…
What the Zebedee Family Got Right (And How We Shouldn’t React)
By virtue of baptism, we are joined to Jesus Christ–and thus, supernaturally joined to all other baptized-believers. It’s a powerful reality! But, this truth can often be hard…
The Fourth of July and a Revolutionary Approach to the Bible:
In the days when states were still “the colonies” and men wore powdered wigs, a new way of thinking captured the intelligentsia of the western world. “The miracle…
The Difference between the Old and the New
I’ve always found today’s Gospel reading difficult to understand. I felt as though Jesus was light years ahead of John’s disciples, and even his own for that matter.…
Even Pharisees Aren’t So Bad
How many of of us have a positive impression of Pharisees? Probably not too many. For most Bible readers, the Pharisees stand out, memorably as the best known…
The Acts
I have a confession. I’ve always kind of discounted the Acts of the Apostles. I don’t know why. I don’t have any great analysis of why I never…
False Memory and True Scripture
Psychological studies have shown that we’re not fully reliable witnesses. Our brains can be tricked–by ourselves or by others. Witnesses to an accident or crime, for example, can…
Someone’s Gotta Be Sent
Today’s First Reading for the Feast of the Apostle Andrew captures the passion of St. Paul and glorious victory we have in Jesus Christ’s salvation won for us!…
Let Your Hair Down
If we look around our contemporary society it is an easy thing to say that we have simply gone mad. Courts are acting as Law givers, human parts…