When I was a kid (a long time ago), there weren’t as many superheroes as there are now. But I do remember that the main superhero was Superman. The Superman radio show (this was before we had TV) would always start with a loud roaring noise and then a shout: “Look up! What is it?…
At St. Patrick’s church, downtown,where Homeless Jesussleeps on a park bench at the corner,they handed outtheir one millionth free mealto Robert, who was next in line.He’s been coming for ten years. It started with sandwichespassed through the living room windowof the rectory, and graduatedto breakfast and a hot lunch, madein a state-of-the-art kitchen,newly set up in the school next door,using…
I came across a strange little story in the Gospel of Matthew. I’d been looking for words about kingship because the November lectionary brings the church year to a close with the celebration of Christ as King, and so I stumbled upon Matthew 17: 24-27. At first glance, it looks like another version of the…
Sometimes the whirlwind of U.S.-related news carries interesting topics. One such is the “order of love” (ordo amoris in Latin) that hit the news in February. The controversy itself is not worth revisiting, but it prompted knowledgeable people to write on the subject of love, explaining where the idea of an “order of love” really…
WHAT PERSISTS /
there is the void /
there is the heavy immovable stone . . .
Whether watching the news or scrolling through social media, it’s hard to escape the tumultuous landscape that is the world today. As a Canadian Christian who strongly values justice and equality, watching what is happening in the United States and Canada as we drift to the far right, it is hard not to feel numb…
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