Articles for Griffin

In this academic year, St. John’s University, where I minister, celebrates its 150th anniversary. 

Have you considered how many of the stories in our NT can be read as half-stories?  We might just stop in the middle! 

Paul’s guidance confronts me.  I desire to heed his advice, but I feel the challenge and see the obstacles.  Like much of Paul’s advice, no easy response presents itself.

Our Gospel story emphasizes the power of love.  Within the Scriptures, the passages that speak of God’s love are numerous, as are those that celebrate human love. 

In this contentious time when politics can influence decision-making, the biblical stories about food direct our attention to what is most important. 

Scholars tell us that fully one-third of the teaching of Jesus in the Gospels comes to us through parables.

The liturgical celebrations of this past Independence Day weekend have challenged me.

St. John’s University, where I work, planned a prayer service around the theme of “Unity and Hope” in order to address the issue of racism that has dominated our country’s thinking in the past weeks

Jesus tells them and us: He is not God of the dead but of the living.