“Am I my brother’s keeper?” Of course, the answer to Cain’s question is “yes.” He was responsible for his brother, Abel, and he violated that trust. That same question should haunt us as well. Am I brother to the earthquake victims in Turkey, the refugees from Venezuela, the crime victims in Chicago? Yes. All of… Read More »
FEBRUARY122023
Have you been following the campaign to be the next mayor of Chicago? While there are many issues facing our fair city during the candidate forums the overriding concern has been public safety. What can the mayor do to lower the shooting, carjacking, murders, crime that are all too prevalent? Why can’t people just obey… Read More »
FEBRUARY112023
Guilt, shame and blame are a lethal combination. We see how they work in the Garden of Eden. Adam is guilty so he tries to hide from God. “I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.” He is full of shame thinking what he has done made him a bad person. And… Read More »
FEBRUARY102023
I think it was C.S. Lewis who said that in the end either we will say to God, “Thy will be done” or God will say to us “Thy will be done.” Sin at the foundation is not breaking this, that or the other rule. It is, instead, a succumbing to the original temptation. The… Read More »
FEBRUARY92023
A few years ago there was a bumper sticker: Women belong in the House …. and in the Senate. We in Western Civilization are just now catching up to the radical equality the book of Genesis envisions for humanity. At the creation of women the first man said: “This one, at last, is bone of… Read More »
FEBRUARY82023
Astronomers were excited to discover, what they called, Earth 2.0. It possessed earth-like qualities that suggested humanity might survive there. The problem — it is 1800 light years from earth and the fastest earth-made vessel travels at about two-one thousanth of the speed of light. We’re not getting there any time soon. All of which… Read More »
FEBRUARY72023
In most creation stories of ancient people nature is described as eternal and necessary. Things are simply the way they are. The Biblical creation story is different because creation is not necessary but the result of a choice. God chose to create and to do so in specific ways. When God created humanity in the… Read More »
FEBRUARY62023
Many ancient cultures have a creation story which features some sort of struggle or battle between good and evil, light and darkness, sky and earth in order to produce the world. The Biblical creation story differs in that God is the sole creator and God created everything good. God saw how good it was at… Read More »
FEBRUARY52023
The first reading from the prophet Isaiah has an “if/then” quality to it. If you do this, then this will happen. If you share your bread with the hungry, shelter the homeless, clothe the naked, remove oppression and malicious speech from your midst, then your light shall break forth like the dawn. The prophet is… Read More »
FEBRUARY42023
I would have been very unhappy if I had been one of the Apostles. Jesus recognized that they had been working hard and promised them some vacation. “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” But when they get to their nice sea side resort instead of a vacation Jesus went… Read More »
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