The day before Thanksgiving, a small package arrived at my door. I didn’t find it until after my children had gone to bed, so without…
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Epiphany: Does It Mean What We Think It Means?
In the movie The Princess Bride, one of the villains, “Vizzini” incessantly uses the word “inconceivable.” At one point in the film, one of the…
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Ven, Espiritu, Ven
Ven, Espiritu, Ven (listen here) Ven, Espíritu ven, Y lléname Señor Con tu preciosa unción Purifícame y lavame Renuévame, restáurame, Señor, Con tu poder Purifícanos…
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Being Christmas Morning
This coming weekend is the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the Magnificat is read in most Christian churches. The Magnificat begins with Mary glorifying God…
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The Healing Balm of Listening
When was the last time you listened to the stories of others? – question put to the sick by a Native American medicine man In…
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What are we waiting for?
This past Sunday, December 3, marked the first Advent Sunday of the 2017 Christmas season. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year, this is…
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The Christmas story as a political statement
I have recently joined JustFaith Ministries’ staff and I am starting a blog, so that I can write and dialogue around this new stage of…