McKenna
Shining Out
What’s involved in encountering not just the outward appearance of somebody, but more importantly his or her inner life?
Stumbling Grace (Matthew 16: 13-23)
There’s a way of coming at our Christian faith that links it with perfection.
Interpersonal (Mark 8:22-26)
Several commentators use the word “intimate” to describe the incident in Mark’s gospel of Jesus healing the blind man. There’s a lot of physical touching involved.
Mutual Correctives (Psalm 85)
A helpful distinction I once heard — that between contradictions and correlations.
Gospel Eyes and Ears (Mark 12)
Much is revealed about a person by observing what he or she notices. And that’s because what one spots is in large part determined by what that person values more and appreciates less.
Vincentian Eyes (Luke 12)
An often-cited quote from Dale Carnegie: “Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.”
Gospel Steadiness (Luke 24)
Anyone who regularly prays the rosary knows the experience of repetition. In the course of fingering the beads through five decades, you’ll have recited the same prayer, the Hail Mary, over 50 times.
Children And The Kingdom (Matthew 19:14)
Jesus’ frequent mention of children can shed light on the nature of this Kingdom He speaks about, the Kingdom of his dear Father.
The Sacrificing Seed (John 12:24-26)
In John’s gospel, to shed light on the meaning of his upcoming death, Jesus employs the image of a grain of wheat.
Modeling Virtue
One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them.
All Creation, Praise God (Mt 6:26-30)
In many different instances, Jesus shows awareness of a world wider than the human one.
llluminators (Matthew 16: 15)
David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times, lays out two different styles of interpersonal relating. One he calls the llluminator and the other the Diminisher.