· 22 January 2008 | 426 words
From Br. Joseph -- At some point in every faith journey, one finds him or her self taking an inventory of their core, central beliefs. Some of these beliefs are held very tightly, some loosely. The more central a belief,...
· 27 November 2007 | 400 words
From Br. Joseph -- At the still point of the turning world... ...at the still point, there the dance is. (T.S. Eliot) From the book God Calling, today's entry (Nov. 27) reads: Not our wills but Thine, O Lord. Man has...
· 16 November 2007 | 35 words
Leave me here freely all alone, In cell were sunlight never shone, Should no one ever speak to me, This golden silence sets me free! -- Blessed Titus Brandsma, portion of poem written in Dachau...
· 18 July 2007 | 81 words
Freedom is about choice, and there are two kinds of freedom. There is a freedom to choose to do whatever you want, and another kind of freedom to choose to live for others. One freedom leads in, the other out....
· 4 July 2007 | 561 words
In The Courage to Be, Paul Tillich describes bad and painfully wrong theology. The God of [bad] theological theism is a being beside others and as such a part of the whole of reality. He certainly is considered its most...
· 17 April 2007 | 94 words
Will Americans decide to give up their freedom for "feeling" safe and secure? At the beginning of the 20th century, the world was fearful that democracy would be extinguished. At the beginning of the 21st century, democracy appears to be...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us