There’s a phrase from the sports world, “setting a high bar.” It means raising the height of the jump just beyond the mark the athlete think he can clear.
McKenna
A Divine Bias? (Ps 146; I Cor 1:27-30)
The word “bias” doesn’t have an especially pleasing connotation. It usually means an unfair leaning toward one group and a blindness toward its opposite.
Outbreaks of Glory (Isaiah 49:3)
Every once in a while when reading the Scriptures, something lights up, jumps out into the present time and place.
Eucharistic Attitudes (Lk 9:11-17)
As we gather around the table of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday to celebrate the giving of his Body and Blood for us, we would do well to reflect on what it is we’re sharing in.
The Trinity, Up Close and Personal (Romans 5:5)
Central to the Creed is belief in the Trinity, the conviction of a three-ness in the one Godhead, the Divine as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Achievement to Implementation
Certain stories might well be styled “echoing” because they reverberate with the inner story a person tells about herself.
Solidarity
A saving solidarity: when someone is suffering, not only sympathizing but carrying them through…doing something to lift the burden.
The Inner Compass
All of us possess something like this, a hidden spot where we can feel the deep push and pull of God’s Spirit. We might even call it that inner compass.
Feet in Two Worlds
Now a citizen of two worlds, each one operating from different instincts and expectations, he was pulled.
Landing the Kingdom
To convey the irresistibility of his Father’s Kingdom, Jesus images the hidden seed sprouting under the ground.
Along The Way
St. Paul proclaims he came upon this “Way” through personal encounter with the light and the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Stretching Toward The Kingdom
A key theme in a recent workshop on intercultural living was stretching – the oftentimes painful effort needed to expand our perspectives and widen our view of what true and valuable.
