Cars and the Trinity
“Why do people like cars so much?” my friend asked me over coffee the other day. She has moved back to the city we both grew up in after seventeen years of living in Boston and New York, where taking...
View ArticleWhy Don’t You Give Them Something to Eat Yourselves?
This Sunday we celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, at which we commemorate the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper. In the gospel for this feast we hear the...
View ArticleShowing Compassion
Multiple Choice Question: Your friend comes up to you in the hall and says, “I’m so bummed. I didn’t make the team/get a part in the play/get into My Favorite University.” You reply, A. “Hey, when does...
View ArticleNot Guilty by Association
Shannon and I are sitting at a table in our relatively quiet school library during homeroom. I am trying to get a few math problems done, and Shannon is filling me in on whatever social issue is most...
View ArticleMy Shopping Reflects Who I am Before God
June 23, 2013 About a week ago, I was feeling a bit down. And then I found in my inbox an e-mail from one of my favorite clothing stores: “40% Off Most New Arrivals for Summer!” it proclaimed. Now 15%...
View ArticleFamily Vacation, Spiritual Journey? Part 1
In this Sunday’s Gospel from Luke, we are told that Jesus sets his face to go to Jerusalem. His journey, which is narrated over the next ten chapters in Luke, will take him first to his death on the...
View ArticleFamily Vacation, Spiritual Journey? Part 2
Last week, I asked about how family vacations might be understood as part of our larger spiritual journeys. I argued that taking part in family vacations serves to tell us about who we are, both as...
View ArticleThe Good Samaritan, Part 1
What do you remember about the Good Samaritan story? What would you say the moral of the story is from what you remember? This Sunday’s Gospel from Luke is one of the better known gospel stories: the...
View ArticleThe Good Samaritan, Part 2: Who are the Good Samaritans today?
In our world and in our time, who are the people from whom we do not expect to see goodness and compassion? Last week’s Gospel story was the infamous parable of the Good Samaritan, a story Jesus tells...
View ArticleThe Good Samaritan, Part 3: Seeing Those Who Need Help
These past two weeks I have been writing about the parable of the Good Samaritan as it appears in Luke’s Gospel. As a refresher: when asked by a lawyer, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus’ response to this...
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