Imagine that! Many have done just that… and changed their world.
Let’s look at God’s imagination and the imagination of St. Vincent de Paul.
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God’s Record as a Recruiter
The Jerusalem headhunters would not have been very interested in Jesus’ leadership team. They liked the way rabbis were picked from among the most promising in their schools.
Yet his choices were key in spreading his message.
Dreamers – Martin Luther King and Many Others
My parents had a dream! Their dream of a better life kept them going.
Martin Luther King also had a dream that kept him going.
In this Mindwalk I explore how God’s dream should keep us going.
Cancel Memorial Day?
Memorial Day began as a rememberance of those who died in the Civil War and then extended to all wars. What has happened to the visits to cemeteries and parades?
An Ordination Litany – Then and Now
“Our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but to all over the world, and to do what? To set people’s hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with his love.” St. Vincent
Trinity – Puzzle or a Journey Into Community?
For me, it has been a journey from thinking of the Trinity as a puzzle to be solved to realizing the Trinity is a model for my life.
Are We Ministerial Rip Van Winkles?
As Vincentians we need to recognize this revolution will reinforce the already existing structures of poverty.
Structural information poverty should be a concern of all the followers of Vincent.
Eavesdropping in the Upper Room
What stories Mary could have told! She could have shared much about Jesus that you and I need to hear today… and what we as a Church need to hear.
Pentecost – Event or Process?
Pentecost – Event or Process? As we celebrate the event, we should never lose sight of Pentecost as an ongoing process in our lives.
The Spirituality of “Nouns and Adjectives”
The Holy Spirit looks at individuals (nouns) before looking at their mistakes (adjectives)… The Spirituality of “Nouns and Adjectives”.
Who Are the Experts?
People experiencing poverty have an expertise that can not be taught in a classroom. They know their situation from the inside. They understand many dimensions of poverty that may not occur to us.
Polarization: “Hard of Hearing” or “Hard of listening”?
“Slow listening” allows us to see a world we don’t know, to understand experiences we haven’t had, to reframe or drop a belief long held. It creates distinctions, and it is from these distinctions that we create new possibilities.
Pope Francis, Ronald Regan, Stalin, and Lenin??
“All of us are responsible for the communications we make, for the information we share, for the control that we can exert over fake news by exposing it. All of us are to be witnesses of the truth: to go, to see and to share.” Pope Francis