Often we want to get around troubles and challenges in life rather than go through them.  If only we could skip from the beginning to the end without going through the middle. 

I must admit the above title caught my eye. I never considered Patrick as a Prophet for Social Justice. Wander down this path with Kevin Ahern. You may be surprised.

I don’t often think of it. But one of the courses that influenced my life was a history course.

Some words stay with you for a lifetime! Sometimes front and center. Other times they sit just beneath the surface… like a quiet motor doing its job unnoticed.

Over a lifetime, we each learn the stories of where we fit and don’t fit, and who are our good and bad guys.

Try to “listen” for the backstory of at least one conversation today.

Polarization is not new.

The challenge during Lent is to make sure we take time to listen to the God who speaks in the ordinariness and messiness of our daily lives.

Lent is a time of listening… cleaning my ears to hear the Good News.

Belonging is “the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group.”