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Finding Abundance in Deserted Places
Our Part in the Feeding of the Multitudes The challenge of the story as we receive it is that we think its all about Jesus and His magic hands. The Eucharistic metaphor gets us thinking that for sure. But the story isn’t about reversing scarcity, but finding abundance in deserted places. a Homily for Proper 13 A Text: Matthew 14:13-21…
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I Was a Guest on Padre’s Pods!
Last week I was interviewed by a good friend of mine, Sean Maloney for his podcast, Padre’s Pods! We talked about the cult of independence in response to Joy Bennett’s piece “Independence: The False Gospel Destroying American Christianity,” critiquing the culture’s demand for independence, I shared my love for Special K through a personal story, and…
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Too Independent – Refusing a Gift
The second hardest life lesson I’ve had to confront is asking for help. The hardest one has been actually accepting the help. (Note: I haven’t mastered either one yet.) I’ve always been a capable person with the full calendar and resume to prove it. But ever since our oldest daughter was born with life-threatening complications,…
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The protagonist is Jesus, but the story is about the disciples
I love talking with my Dad about church. He’s a priest. I’m a priest. Both of us are very traditional in many ways; very untraditional in many ways. And the best part is that they don’t always match. I greatly appreciate the way we talk, argue, explore, wrestle with our mutual vocations. Our talk last night…
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There’s still hope – Jesus, the yoke, and all of that shouting!
a Homily for Proper 9 A Text: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Dance, Puppet! “It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another” This is how Jesus speaks to “the current generation,” His generation. Returning from seeing John the Baptist who summoned Him, to question Him. John, asking Jesus of Nazareth: Are you…
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What does Jesus communicate?
I have this feeling that we all live with a paradox about Jesus. On the one hand, we feel confident, every one of us, that we could actually answer that question What Would Jesus Do? And, at the same time, when pressed on what Jesus’s most important message is, we shuffle our feet, look at…
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Hobby Lobby decision restricts religious liberty
Today’s decision does not expand religious liberty, but restricts it. In a Darwinian example of the rights of the powerful expanded on the backs of the weak, the Hobby Lobby decision is a boon, not to Christians, but to corporations and a particular kind of pro-corporate Christian. The Decision Despite the media coverage of the…
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