Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room at all, Christ comes uninvited.
02274 – Christ Comes Uninvited
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02272 – Image of God: Santa?
Sadly, most people’s image of God is jolly Santa, making a list and checking it twice, finding out who’s naughty or nice. It’s certainly not this humble, helpless baby who has come to love us in ways that we’re not ready to be loved.
02270 – The Christ-Child is Here, Waiting
The reality of Advent isn't that we are waiting for the birth of the Christ-Child. The Christ-Child is here and is waiting for us to come. He is crying out to us from the border. He is calling to us from the voices of the poor. He is shouting out to us from prison.
02202 – Results of Hard Work
Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
02093 – Stay in Your Lane, Please
I want to write a longer piece about those bishops who seek to keep some from the table of Christ, but for now I will say this: it is not your table (nor mine). Bishops, priests, etc. are neither the hosts nor the bouncers nor the ones who wrote the guest list. The...
01975 – Beware You’re Not a Fiery, Persecuting Enthusiast!
Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast. Think for yourself, and let others do likewise. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way should never be compelled to come by any means other than reason, truth, and love.
01774 – Compared with the Lion
"I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him.
01447- Look What Has Come!
The early Christians did not say in dismay, "Look what the world has come to," but in delight, "Look what has come into the world."
00027 – Waiting: Essential to the Christian Life
And yet waiting is an essential part of the Christian life. …This is the mystery of our faith, that we are always waiting for Christ to come to us even though we believe that he has already come and that he is coming to us right now in word and sacrament. Is his...