Family
Becoming Social Poets for Community Transformation
Several years ago during a cool early spring night, a group of parents, youth, elders, and I gathered for a meeting in the rectory office…
Mary Kay McDermott: The Spirit and Song and Dance
Episode 93 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Thanks for listening to Messy Jesus Business! We’re taking our summer break after this…
Resurrection Energy: When a Friend and a Pope Die
A few years ago one of my friends died suddenly. And, his death taught me more about the meaning of Resurrection than any theology class…
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
I recently read the famous line from Robert Frost’s poem: “good fences make good neighbors.” I remember my Dad quoting it to me, making a…
The Good News
Based on Luke 4 I never have good news for Jesus. I deal in the gloom and doom. But that doesn’t make me any less…
Christmas 2.0: Fleeing in Hope
Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his…
Melody Gee: Conversion and Community
Episode 85 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Email | RSS | More “Sometimes [conversion] just felt so hard to do. I…
Loved to Excess
As I was cleaning dishes at the kitchen sink, I overheard my 5-year-old daughter talking to my 2-year-old son. They were sitting at our little…
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