But someone has to do the dishes!
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
This Mindwalk is a reflection on a saying attributed to a contemporary change agent – Shane Claiborne
But someone has to do the dishes!
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
This Mindwalk is a reflection on a saying attributed to a contemporary change agent – Shane Claiborne
Everyone has an idea of what the Catholic Church needs to appeal to people today!
Maybe we should look back to the ”Good News” Jesus brought and how he embodied God’s word.
Did Jesus leave us a theology text or code of canon law or pastoral plan?
I will never forget the morning of 9/11/2001. Then I wondered “The world will never be the same.”
Today I wonder if we can ever move beyond our deeply angry and polarized world.
I suspect there are few visitors to this site who have not watched someone they love about to make a big mistake.
We “know” they are on the wrong path!
Welcome to the world of the Prophets!
In his adult life, Jesus had regular interactions and conversations with the scribes, Pharisees, and teachers of the law — highly educated men with a vast knowledge of the Jewish faith.
But, there is not a single account in Scripture where a man manages to change Jesus’s mind.
The two people who changed Jesus’s mind were, in fact, both women.
Walking on water is a phrase we often associate with an arrogant, overly confident person. You know the kind. They can be quite annoying.
However, it didn’t always mean that.
I suspect every one of us can admit to having been afraid.
Mary may have been the Mother of God, but I doubt she did not know fear.
he feast of the Assumption holds great hope for us.
With her Assumption into heaven, she finally understood how everything made sense.
“Nobody gets to heaven without a letter of reference from the poor!”
Father Ron Rolheiser wrote these words 20 years ago. I just caught up to them a few days ago. I scrapped what I was going to write so I could share what touched me.
Only later in life did I come to understand that how what I dreaded earlier taught me to make connections.
We sing ““All are welcome! All are welcome! …Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live”.
Do we live the words?
In this Vincentian Mindwalk I am going to predict some things about what will happen when an ailing 86-year-old Pope Francis braves the sweltering heat wave in Lisbon to spend some time with young people at World Youth Day.
Is there any connection between the celebration of World Youth Day and the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly?
I had never heard the phrases “Sage on the Stage” or “Mentor in the Center.” A mentor is one who helps people connect the dots in their lives.