Run Away Bride Story Lectionary 18 February 2018 The First Sunday in Jesus’ Lenten Journey (Jesus’ Last Months) Moses Officiates the Covenant Between God and Israel (Exodus 24) Ezekiel’s Story of Jerusalem and the Lord’s Adulterous Wife (16 and 23) Jeremiah’s Story of...
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship By Gregory Boyle –Review by Landrum P. Leavell III, Th.D. If you haven’t read Father Gregory Boyle’s first book, Tattoos on the Heart, you’re behind. This Jesuit priest, known to homies as “G-Dog,”...
The scriptures are filled with metaphors describing God’s unconditional and awesome love for us. One of the most prominent metaphors is the metaphor of the Bridegroom. Or the Bridegroom Son of the Father. The “wedding” of the Lamb or Bridegroom is always accompanied...
Behold, Lord, An empty vessel that needs to be filled. My Lord, fill it. I am weak in faith; Strengthen thou me. I am cold in love; Warm me and make me fervent, that my love may go out to my neighbour. I do not have a strong and firm faith; At times I doubt and am...
I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in mechanism designed to cultivate empathy and compassion. — Eric Whitacre Research has shown that simply by looking and smiling at each other, moms and babies synchronize their heartbeats to...
