Only later in life did I come to understand that how what I dreaded earlier taught me to make connections.
Mindwalk: Latest posts and thoughts…
Do We “Live” the Words “All are Welcome?”
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?
Have You Ever Gone Out On a Limb?
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.
Pope Francis Just Won’t Stop!
“Pope Francis just won’t stop!” In this Vincentian Mindwalk I share with you what one commentator refers to as 96 hours that reveal changes in the Christian world we grew up in. I refer to 96 hours of August 27-29-30, 2022.
Jesus – An Obnoxious Guest
The story of what Jesus did as a dinner guest of a leading Pharisee challenges me to think about it in today’s terms.
In Luke’s retelling the story he speaks to both fellow Gentiles as well as the Jewish people… and also us today.
To the English-speaking Churches On Planet Earth
“Very often it is a holiness found in our next-door neighbors, those who, living in our midst, reflect God’s presence. We might call them “the middle class of holiness”…
Learning From Frogs and Canaries
We have often heard the stories of the lessons we can learn from frogs and canaries. Now they can help us understand why Pope Francis invites us to join another month-long celebration with the world’s 2.2 billion Christians.
Fire – blessing or curse?
“Fire: while it warms us with God’s love, it wants to burn our selfishness, to enlighten the dark sides of life – we all have them, eh! – to consume the false idols that enslave us.”
“To set people’s hearts on fire”, this is how Vincent described the vocation of his followers. He allowed God’s fire to transform him!
Zooming our way into a digital world?
Email and Zoom are both the blessing and the curse of the process of waking up to a digital revolution.
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I use “Zooming“ as a metaphor for waking uo to different ways of doing business… and serving others.
Mary Finally Knows
Mark Lowry in 1984 wrote the lyrics for “Mary, Did You Know?”. The song went on to become a modern Christmas classic. In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I invite you think about the questions, add your own, and, finally, think about what we might learn from the questions.
Can You Believe What the Pope Said About Old Age?
In my 80+ years I had never thought of old age as a ministry, the ministry of bearing witness that the best is yet to come. Pope Francis hopes we can revitalize this special ministry of awaiting the Lord – it is a ministry,
Heavens Tell the Story of God
Recently many of us were astounded to see pictures of parts of creation that are more than 13 billion light years away. I invite you to explore with me what the heavens tell of the glory of God. And what it might mean that Mary is the Queen of Creation.
Finding my way back to Galilee with Pope Francis
Pope Francis says “Each one of us has our own “Galilee,” the place where I initially recognized Jesus loved me . We need to rediscover this memory.