The Promised Land is for Everyone
God’s instructions for how to treat refugees and immigrants is clear – we are to welcome and love them as our own.
Listening to and Amplifying the Voice of the Unhoused
When wesupport an agency that provides services to people experiencing homelessness, we amplify the voice of the unhoused.
Finding an Invitation in the Midst of Paradox
The Christian life contains a multitude of paradox, inviting us to embrace truths that may contradict conventional wisdom.
Look Again
Being Alive I once read that the brain uses roughly 20% of the body’s energy. It’s staggering that this three-pound organ consumes such caloric intake, revealing the cost of those billions of neurons and synapses…
Hunger is Universal
The Human Experience of Hunger We all hunger. It’s part of our human condition. There is something good about it; being human is possessing this bodily message that reminds us we lack something. It tells…
Holy Hushing and Shunning Shushing
Being Shushed Few things are as irritating as being “shushed.” I still recall childhood memories of fingers pressed against lips as the sibilant hissing struck a chord of irritation within me. Shushing is abrupt; it…
Redeeming the Art of Dwelling
The Struggle of Dwelling “Mary knew movement, uninvited but necessary for survival. Mary knew fleeing and looking over her shoulder and thirsting for safety and vigilantly watching for danger. And with it all, trusting in…
Gut Feelings and Sinews of Compassion
Compassion from the Gut The Samaritan’s compassion came from his gut. It’s interesting that when the text says he was “moved with compassion,” it means that he was “moved in his bowels” (for the bowels…
Lament
Every Wednesday, my parish offers a healing Eucharistic service. Compared to the Sunday assembly, this one is intimate and sober, nestled into the right transept of the nave. The “usuals” show up week after week….
The Sacramentality of a Home
Canadian artist, Timothy Schmalz, created a bronze statue named the “Homeless Jesus.” It’s a life-size sculpture of what appears to be a man without a home, wrapped in a blanket and lying on a park…
When it Came to Charity, Perhaps Judas’s Nose Was Plugged
We “will always have the poor with us,” not because this is God’s will, but because we have not fully embraced our responsibility for the poor.
The Way Things Really Work
“It should be the work of God’s people to inject hope and love into such a system to get things working better.”