All of them had been contentedly drifting along on the still surface of what you might call conventional religion, not realizing there was a current of explosive energy running beneath. Then something shows itself in their lives, and the placid, controllable stream grabs hold and sends them off. That certain something is God’s Spirit.
Even though they speak the same language, “Boomers” and “Millennials”, Republicans and Democrats, speak different languages. What might be the characteristics of speaking “Vincentian”?
“We are moved because “we have seen and heard” not a cold statistic but the pain of a suffering humanity, our own pain, our own flesh.”
It is not a celebration … it is a day to resist, to sensitize, to raise awareness, to call attention, to the scandal of human trafficking.
Shifts that occur when people begin to envision their world more as God sees it.
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
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I have never thought about the people that were named in the Gospels. I would agree that they may be…
Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!