Weekly reflections on the scripture readings for Sunday Mass at St. Robert Catholic Church.
Faith in Jesus as a relationship with a real person.
Thoughts for the beginning of Lent.
Rights and Responsibility, Being Cured and Being Healed
Thninking about words of power and listening for God's voice.
Being Chosen, Committing, and Letting Go
Considering the holiness of the family.
On hearing, confusion, and consent.
Service as Preparation for Christ's Coming.
The Parable of the 10 Virgins
Four Contemporary Critiques
Loving God with our whole selves: Considering the relationship between law and love.
Avoiding ego baiting and false alternatives.
What keeps us from the wedding banquet of life? And where do we get our wedding garment?
On Prayer, Beauty, and Bearing Fruit
Believing as acting, and thinking about thinking.
Moving from a transactional economy to an economy of grace, and this risk of disguising jealousy as justice.
Considering the role of a supportive community in responding to God's call to make necessary change.
Getting it right, moving from "Christianism" to Christianity, and the synchrony bewteen Heaven and Earth.
Embracing complexity and listening for God's voice.
Cultivating an understanding heart and trusting that God makes all things work for good for those who love him.
Considering the parable of the weeds in the field.
Finding Rest and Being Freed from Self-Reliance
The Cost of Discipleship & The Chain of Receiving
Finding Strength for the Journey: Meaning Making and Grieving
To reconcile and to feel in the gut.
"If you love me, keep my commandments."
Closing the distance between who I am and who I could be.