Advent 3 The Longest Trail Revisited

 “Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning (Lk.12:35)”

 If you really think about what we said last time, the longest trail is between hearts. We can take a plane and in one day be in Asia. We can go by car and reach the West Coast in a…

Advent 2 Why We Prepare the Way for Jesus

Now here’s the rub---when our religious, political, economic and educational structures, the foundational support system for our whole human enterprise, are separated from God, they take His place and eventually self-destruct. Our world, our culture, is in meltdown because of secularization, its political correctness and the de-spiritualizing of all our social institutions.…

Advent, What Were We Made For? 

“But I say unto you, that in this place is one greater than the temple (Mt12:6).”

 Which is really greater? Is it the building, the people, the leadership, the institutional forms and rules under which they operate, or the One for whom all that exists? Another way of…

Daring to Live 

When we were kids we used to egg one another on by saying “I dare you.”   “I dare you” to do this or that usually meant something that would arouse your pride and fear. No one ever wants to be seen as afraid of anything. Remember being on the garage roof and jumping off with an open umbrella?

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My Political Opinion, What’s Yours?

 As a citizen I pose this question to consider. What is more important in an election, the personality of the politician or the policies he or she backs? Let’s carry it further. Is it their appearance, the way they carry themselves, our spot judgment based on how the media present them? Or is it the policies, the issues they stand…