DESIRE TO PLEASE GOD
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) wrote this prayer, “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of […]
January 2018
THE WAY OF SONS #4
The life of God becomes our life. Jesus the perfect Son was the life exampled on the earth. While in his humanity he walked the […]
THE WAY OF SONS #3
“If they kept my word,” Jesus said, “they will keep yours (ours) also.” And, “the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will […]
THE WAY OF SONS #2
Jesus was the perfect Son. He was able to say, “If you have seen me you have seen the Father.” John’s gospel says, “No man […]
THE WAY OF SONS #1
Sonship is not a generic designation but by its nature is a relational position. It has nothing to do with being female or male and […]
PICTUREMAKERS #3
The powerful writer G K Chesterton (1874-1936), one of my favorite authors, wrote this in ‘The Everlasting Man.’ “It is not contended here that these […]
PICTUREMAKERS #2
Jesus used parables to do much of his teaching. A parable is a story to paint a picture, to make a point and/or give a […]
PICTUREMAKERS #1
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), the great orator, abolitionist and reformer wrote, “To the eye and spirit, pictures are just what poetry and music are to the […]
THE RIGHT SIDE
In the Gospels we find the story of the disciples of Jesus going fishing on the Sea of Tiberias. This was after Jesus had been […]
GOD AND NATURE
John Scotus Eriugena (815-877) Irish theologian, poet and philosopher, wrote: “Christ wears ‘two shoes’ in the world: Scripture and nature. Both are necessary to understand […]