poor in spirit
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven … In Luke’s version, Jesus says, Blessed are you who are poor. Luke draws attention to Jesus’ offer of grace and favor to those...
View Articlei never really liked frank sinatra
I was a generation too late to be much exposed to the music of Frank Sinatra, but I have heard enough and seen enough to know that I don’t like it. Sinatra’s style and demeanor evoke an image that is...
View Articlea moral imperative for victims?
When hateful people produce lasting hatred in us … hate wins. When violent people make us violent … violence wins. When cruel people leave us with nothing but a burning desire for revenge in our minds...
View Articlewhose church is it?
Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts. So, then, the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” Nor can the head...
View Articlehappy new year
Humility is the first step Acknowledging that you cannot Pull the right strings, making life dance to your beat, or Push the right buttons to guarantee the future You have in mind. Now is the time! the...
View Articlea politics “of the people”
They are out there … those ordinary citizens who have grown up in the midst of all the political and cultural battles, but who have found a way — in their own lives, at least — to make peace with their...
View Articlethe desire to please you
A prayer from Thomas Merton: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me, I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that...
View Articlemia or barry?
On our way home to Iowa from our vacation in Maine, we stayed with a friend in Oneonta, New York, and visited the National Soccer Hall of Fame. On August 26, Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy will be honored...
View Articleemmanuel
From I Like Being Five Years Old, an entry by Debi Sanders last week on the inward/outward website: My friend Kim, who worked with Good Shepherd Ministries for the last ten years, just returned from a...
View Articlethe president we want … in a word
We hosted a pre-caucus house party this evening at our home during which I asked our guests to express what it is they are looking for in a presidential candidate in one word. Their answers make quite...
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