spiritual wellness
Join us on September 12-13 for an online retreat to continue your journey into a deeper relationship with your God. Retreat topics: Unawareness and the unconditional love of God Desolation and how we pray; what kind of answers do we expect from God Reluctance and change; the impact of language on changing our image of […]
In its almost fifty year history Network (Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice) has never told its members who to vote for or against. Network has always encouraged its members to get involved in politics, spoken about the issues and compared candidates, and equipped its members with resources to choose elected officials who support the […]
This post is a commentary which aired on August 7 on Morning Edition, New England Public Media. Sister Pat Byrne on John Lewis and Sisters of St. Joseph tells of the Sisters of St. Joseph who nursed him in Selma. Sister Patricia Byrne is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Baden who taught religious history […]
Progress in justice demands that all of us are willing to live John Lewis’ mantra: “Get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble.” To speak truth to power depends on our willingness to get in trouble. The many aspects of life, including but not limited to race, gender, age, and opportunity, are invitations to get in […]
Last week our UPS man drove in our neighborhood. Kenzi saw the truck and thought it might be her daddy. I assured her it was not because we live in Walnut Ridge(recently moved). She runs outside and stands in our driveway, as he returns, she is waving at him BIG, he waves back just as […]
Two similar versions of the Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5. And in Exodus 34 a different version is offered as a renewed covenant. In addition, most people are probably unaware that the Ten Commandments recited by Catholics differs from the Protestant list. Two examples: keeping holy the Sabbath is number […]
This is the America I Believe In. On this past Independence weekend I received an email, the bulk of which makes up this post. It is from a friend, Pastor Woodie Rae, the senior pastor at a nearby Inter-Faith Chapel. He wrote: For today’s congregational message I would like to offer a song that I […]
There’s a joke that says if you want to hear God laugh tell [Him] God your plans. I do not like that joke and heartedly disagree with the image it suggests. I do believe we can experience God laughing, but never at us, only with us, as we advance in grace. Think about this scene […]
Once there was a little doll of salt. The little salt doll had an urge to see the world and set off to see it. Then one day she came to the edge of the sea. “What are you?” she asked. “Touch me and you will find out,” the sea answered. So the little salt […]
Recently Nany Pelosi answered the question “Where is hope,” saying, “It’s where it has always been, between faith and charity.” Clever answer, I mused, but as I reflected on it, I concluded it was profound. Let’s consider the idea that faith precedes hope. This present crucial time calls us to hope, but hope depends on […]