Last week I brought up the subject of an online retreat. I confessed that I had no idea if such a thing...
In the late sixties, Pete Seeger recorded a hit song called "Turn! Turn! Turn!" The words are from the Bible. The third chapter of Ecclesiastes says, "For everything there is a time and...
Today we finish what we began on January 1. This will be our final reflection on Paul’s letter to the Romans. Some Bibles indicate that the verses of Romans 16:25-27 do not appear...
When I was young I was taught that one ought to have a "quiet time," as it was sometimes called, a time of prayer and solitude.
I can still hear echoes of my Sunday School teacher quoting Isaiah 26:3 in the classic language of the King James Version: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:...
In more than a thousand reflections, I have never before printed such a large portion of the biblical text. Usually, as you know, I focus on one or perhaps two verses. But, today...
A week of little deaths, that’s what Holy Week is for us.
My children like to ride roller coasters. So, as a dutiful father, I often join them. I actually enjoy some roller coasters...
I have heard miracles described not as things that should not be, but instead as revealing the way things should be.
