“Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you’re standing outside the fire.”
When country singer Garth Brooks wrote those lyrics in 1993 I doubt he thought it might lead to prayer.
Mindwalk: Latest posts and thoughts…
Imagine God Requiring a Security Deposit On “Our” Home
Every renter knows that a security deposit holds them responsible for for excessive wear and tear or damages.
What if God withheld a security deposit on our common home… earth?
I Asked the Wrong Question About the Trinity
I never liked preaching on the Trinity. Few priests would place it at the top of their list of topics they like to preach about.
All that changed as I realized I was asking the wrong question about the Trinity.
Walk with me on my journey of discovery.
Being Faith-filled On This Fateful Ash Wednesday
PRAY FOR PEACE!!!
Lent – Call to Change Our Way of Thinking
If we wake up to the good news of the love God has for us is all around us, we want to tell the good news about how we are loved by loving others as God loves us. And so we live according to this new way of thinking. If we wake up to the good news of the love God has for us is all around us, we want to tell the good news about how we are loved by loving others as God loves us. And so we live according to this new way of thinking.
Mary’s Magnificat and God’s Dangerous Dream
For the third and final reflection “Mary – Mother of the Church” teaches us to go beyond our self-centered dreams to God’s dream for us as sisters and brothers.
Ukraine – St. Vincent, a Ukrainian Rabbi, and an Orthodox Leader
“Psalm 39, an ancient prayer – written several thousand years ago – now we see is so alive, is living. I read it differently now, because it’s about our current situation in Ukraine.” Ukrainian Rabbi
An Experience of War – A Vincentian Response
St. Vincent was painfully aware of the dire situations he faced. Vincent’s response was extraordinary. What can we learn from the way Vincent and Pope Francis responded?
St. Vincent, Pope Francis, and Synodality?
One of my favorite images of the synodal process is “a journey of dialogue in which we learn how to recognize the presence of Christ walking besides us.”
Mothers and Mary – Model For Us As Church
We believe we are the body of Christ. Mary models for us how to be present in both the joyful and painful experiences Christ experiences in us as his Body TODAY.
Post-COVID Modern Day Rip Van Winkles
“If the poor remain without access to information technology, they will be further marginalized and locked into a cycle of poverty.” (1998 CM General Assembly)
Another way my thinking about Lent has changed
Looking back I thank God for the “wake up” call to pay attention to whether my actions are signs of God’s love.
How My Idea of Lent Has Changed
How has your idea of Lent changed? Instead of giving something up I now see as a time to wake up and grow up to an image of God’s love in the world today.