I have the knack of selecting the wrong line at the grocery store. Once, I was next in line, with four people behind me, when the cashier announced that her register was closing, which meant (of course) that everyone behind me turned and scooted with...
Mediocre, at best. That’s how Matt felt at intermission. He loved playing piano with the jazz trio, but these past weeks had been hard. Their drummer Chris was having marriage problems. Kyle the bass player had just lost his dad to cancer. Matt had been...
Elements of this prayer ritual may be integrated into a Eucharistic Liturgy or adapted for a Liturgy of the Word or Class Prayer....
God of life and death, our prayers today are where our hearts and minds have been during these last days and where they have so often been this season; with those whose lives have been touched in differing ways by the bushfires. We pray for...
It all begins with a cry in the wilderness. In the amazing musical The Lion King (both on stage and on screen), the action opens with the piercing wake-up call of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, who calls all the animals of the kingdom to...
“God is eternal newness. God impels us constantly to set out anew, to pass beyond what is familiar, to the fringes and beyond....
“Growth in holiness is a journey in community, side by side with others ...
You are a teacher, but some days can find you doing a variety of tasks that seem unrelated to your vocation as a teacher/disciple. It may be playground duty, bus duty, or being moderator of one of the school’s many co-curricular activities, or assisting with...
When my family or friends get in the car to go somewhere, it’s a given that I will be the driver. I don’t know when this became the standard arrangement, not do I believe it was ever formally decided....