On the light pole across the street from the Church on Wabash someone has posted some fliers. (I’ve seen them in other places around the city as well.) The fliers highlight the Maya Angelou quote: ‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them.’ While I am not exactly sure what these particular fliers are trying to… Read More »

Picture how you dote on a new born infant. You put your finger out and the baby grabs it with its tiny little hand. You say, “Look how strong she is.” Picture a mother who has literally poured her life blood into this infant. Now she nourishes the child with the milk she produces. Two… Read More »

Pope Francis: “The Church’s missionary spirit is not about proselytizing, but the testimony of a life that illuminates the path, which brings hope and love. The Church—I  repeat once again—is not a relief organization, an enterprise or an NGO, but a community of people, animated by the Holy Spirit, who have lived and are living… Read More »

Was Jesus exaggerating or did he mean what he said? To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours… Read More »

I confess I’m not a big fan of movies about Jesus. Necessarily the film maker adopts a perspective or point of view to tell the story of Jesus, choosing what to leave in or what to take out. The Bible provides four perspectives, the four Gospels, on what it means to come to faith in… Read More »

Jesus called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles. As someone who was frequently chosen last, and sent out into right field, I wonder how those disciples who weren’t chosen to be numbered among the “twelve” felt. (We know the names of two of them from the… Read More »

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. Jesus was the victim of a perennial tension between those who insist on following the rules and the need to reach out in compassion to the those who… Read More »

Society puts a great value on those who speak well. Politicians, news reporters, actors, comedians, business leaders, guests on late night shows are all expected to be articulate, to speak in clear and compelling ways. They study public speaking, go through extensive training, have coaches to make sure they can communicate effectively. In Church too… Read More »

A political commentator once observed that the person who said that they wanted the government off their back was the same one who went to school on the GI Bill, bought his home with an FHA loan, started his business with a SBA loan, saved for retirment with a ROTH IRA, sent his kids to… Read More »