Friends in Low Places
Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 8: 4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Luke 16: 1-13…
The Sheep and the Coin
Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14 (RM) or 7-14 (RCL); Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Luke…
The True Cost of Discipleship
Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Wisdom 9: 13-18b (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 90 or 1; Philemon: 9-10,…
Who Gets a Seat at the Table?
Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29 (RM) or Sirach 10: 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 68 or 112;…
Inclusivity is of God
Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Isaiah 66: 18-21(RM) or 58: 9b-14 (RCL); Psalm 117 or 103; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13…
The Taste of Things: Science as Prophecy
In our day, science both radically amazes and deeply frightens. Where will AI take us? Is genderfluidity even possible? Where will progress take us and who really is in charge?…
The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time /Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4…
Letting Go of Unnecessary Possessions
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM)…
You Can’t Take It With You
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2: 21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 218-23; Psalm 90(RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians…
God as a Loving Parent
Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time /Seventh Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Genesis 18: 20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2: 12-14 (RM) or 6-15 (RCL); Luke 11: 1-13. The…