Category Archives: faith
Daily Lectionary Readings for October 27, 2010 – Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
As part of my own daily devotions I am posting my own paraphrases of the the Daily Lectionary here on my blog (along with a short reflection on one or more of the readings and a related quote for the day). Ephesians 6:1-9Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Honor your father [...]
God Became Human
The following quote is from an interview Martin Sheen did with his son Emilio concerning their new movie “The Way.” It can be found on salon.com here. While I may not agree with everything Sheen says, it is more than refreshing to see a Hollywood star speak seriously about his or her faith. Religions separate [...]
The Gospel in a Three Sentences
Here is my understanding of the gospel in three sentences. I believe Frederick Buechner said something like the first one before, and I don’t know where the second comes from, but they both summarize the good news for me. There is nothing I can ever do to make God love me any more than God [...]
Faith and Certainty
"I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me–that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it [...]
Commitment to God
We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom his invitation is addressed. – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Technorati Tags: Rowan Williams,commitment to God
Avoiding the Teachings of Jesus
In adapting some of Richard Rohr’s writings, Mike at Waving and Drowning (see link below) raises an interesting question: How is it that after two thousand years of meditation on Jesus, we’ve managed so effectively to avoid most of what he taught so unequivocally? He then goes on to show how this is true by [...]
Surprises in Life
“Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy. It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we [...]
A Break-up Letter to God
The following quote is from the NPR Song of the Day blog: Until 2005, David Bazan led the indie-pop band Pedro the Lion, which had spent the previous 10 years making smart, crushingly bleak records with Christian themes. Bazan himself has always sung outspokenly about his faith, but his work is invariably shot through with [...]
A Prayer
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing [...]
