I Am No Victim
I am no victim I live with a vision I’m covered by the force of love Covered in my Savior’s Blood I am no
I am no victim I live with a vision I’m covered by the force of love Covered in my Savior’s Blood I am no
Recently, a local priest delivered a compelling homily on the miracles of Jesus. Before his homily was over, he had challenged every person to
Hardship is not pleasant. It creates discomfort in our lives. It inconveniences our plans. It discourages us, causing hesitation and inaction. Yet, properly understood, hardship
Both the modern culture and the Church have very clear ideas of what it means to be compassionate. Compassion is usually equated with gentleness, sweetness,
You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his
The #MeToo movement has shaken the foundations of some of the culture’s most entrenched havens of sexual harassment, abuse and predation. The list of politicians,
Currency, by definition, is a “medium of exchange” between two parties. It provides a common mechanism by which things are traded. At my local Starbucks,
Dr. Brene Brown, a social scientist from the University of Houston, wondered if there was a “core need” that was shared by every human person.
The name of a single fictional character captures the image of what most people consider the epitome of greed- Scrooge! Ebenezer Scrooge, the central character
In 1975, singer Mac Davis released a song entitled “It’s Hard to be Humble”. The lyrics of this tongue-in-cheek song brought crowds to laughter, yet,
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” Five Man Electric
“This deadly cancer of anger… makes us unlike ourselves, makes us like timber wolves or furies from Hell, drives us forth headlong upon the points
As we approach Holy Week, Lent has steadily moved us to the edges of ourselves. Yet, we can miss one of the most important elements
Heading south from Orlando to Yeehaw Junction, the Florida Turnpike traverses a vast stretch of real estate inhabited almost exclusively by alligators, herons, snakes, and
Pride is something most of us understand to a certain extent. Or, at the very least, we think we know what it looks like when
Since my first encounter with Ignatian Spirituality years ago, I have spent a lot time both intrigued and mystified by it. As is often the
We all have our own thoughts about the season preceding Christmas. Some of these thoughts might be grounded in solid theological understanding, after all, it
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather
When I lived in the Midwest, Fall was the time when my wife and I headed to the local orchard to pick apples. We would arrive at
“African Christianity puts a powerful stress on the miraculous, on eternal life, on the active providence of God, on healing grace, and on the divinity
The world of Catholic spirituality is, in a word, immense. Contemplative, Ignatian, Dominican, Carmelite- you get the idea. Yet as I spent time looking for