A Lesson From a Journey with the Magi

by | Jan 24, 2013 | Opinion

The Judeo-Christian Scriptures invite us into the human struggle for truth. They reflect the journeys and struggles of faith communities. Therefore, we should expect to find in our Scriptures contradictions, paradoxes, conflicts and inconsistencies. When we struggle...

Are Public Charity and Social Justice Different?

by | Jan 7, 2013 | Opinion

A healthy Christian spirituality includes both an internal life of integrity that is developed through a personal relationship with Christ and an external life of ministry that is expressed through self-giving service for the good of others.  The life of service...

Fear and Exclusion: Difficult Roadblocks to Peace

by | Dec 20, 2012 | Opinion

“By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace” (Luke 1:78-79). Years ago, a soldier who had fought in the trenches...

How to Know if You’re Serving Yourself or God

by | Sep 20, 2012 | Opinion

When I say “the way up is down,” I do not mean to infer this as a strategy for personal success, honor or reward. When the disciples were caught arguing about who would be the greatest in the kingdom of God, Jesus rebuked them and said, “Whoever...

What You Can Learn if You’ll Just Be Still

by | Sep 3, 2012 | Opinion

In a go-go world, what could be worse than silence, being still, doing nothing? It is the “doing nothing” that engenders guilt and anxiety, that evokes fear. This is precisely why we so desperately need stillness. Stillness strips us of our illusions that...