Going Further with God

Going Further with God

The Call to — And Excitement of — Ongoing Conversion

0 comment | Posted Oct 31, 2010

Millions of people drink coffee every morning. For many of them, it’s the one sure thing that will get their “batteries” charged for the day. Continue »


An Encounter with Holiness

An Encounter with Holiness

Finding God among Guatemala's Poor

1 comment | Posted Oct 28, 2010

We are seated on faded plastic chairs perched on the dirt floor of a one-room corrugated tin home. It belongs to Ovalia, a forty-three-year-old Guatemalan woman who is expecting her ninth child. Her face is lined, her hands rough. Her eyes are weary, but they seem to shine with an inner light. Continue »


Embracing God’s Word

Reflecting on Luke 12:49-53

0 comment | Posted Oct 21, 2010

Fire and division—two powerful images packed into one brief passage of scripture. Sometimes, it can be difficult not to question God’s compassion when he speaks to us through such dark images! Continue »


Jesus, Master, Have Mercy!

Reflecting on Luke17: 11-19

0 comment | Posted Oct 15, 2010

Leprosy was a dreaded disease in biblical times. Besides suffering physical disability and disfigurement, a person afflicted with leprosy was considered ritually unclean and was forbidden to come into contact with people who were healthy (Leviticus 13:45-46). Segregated from society, those suffering from leprosy lived on the outskirts of towns and begged for alms, relying on charity for their survival. Continue »


Stories of   Grace

Stories of   Grace

Conversion in the Gospel of Luke

2 comment | Posted Oct 14, 2010

Most of the gospel readings for Sundays are taken from the Gospel of Luke. In his gospel, and in his Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke loves to tell stories about how God empowers people to experience a deep conversion—to repent of their sins, change their lives, and believe in Jesus Christ. Continue »


Hope of Righteousness

Hope of Righteousness

A Reflection on Galatians 5:2-6

1 comment | Posted Oct 12, 2010

Paul’s distress over the state of the Galatians is evident in these impassioned words. However, while Paul had become exasperated with the Galatians, he did not walk away from them. Continue »


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