Sunday Reflections, June 14: Parables
Today I skip all the rest of the readings and focus on the last line of today’s Gospel. The whole Gospel reading is Mark 4:26-34. The last half sentence is: […]
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Sunday Reflections, June 7: St. Paul’s themes of hope
As is often the case, I find that of the readings for this week, the most eloquent, insightful and fulfilling comes from Paul’s letter — in this case, 2 Corinthians […]
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America’s lifecycle coming to a natural, predictable end?
Today we feature the opening in an occasional series of contributions by a mysterious denizen of Mobile, Alabama, named “Felix Veritas.” I promise that I am not Felix and Felix […]
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Sunday Reflections, May 31: Nicodemus
This is Trinity Sunday, but far be it from me to try to make any thoughtful comments on the complicated doctrine of the Trinity in less than 500 words. Suffice […]
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Daily Roundup, May 29: Canadian Christians suffering discrimination; Do BlackLivesMatter in Baltimore?; and more…
Same-sex “Marriage” and the Persecution of Christians in Canada, by Lea Z. Singh; #SomeBlackLivesDontMatter, by Rich Lowry; Don’t Dismiss Rick Santorum, by Matthew Cooper; Rand Paul Reveals His True Colors […]
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Sunday Reflections, May 24
Forgive a digression from (most of) today’s readings, but it is not very often that Pentecost falls on the day before Memorial Day, and those two celebrations are on my […]
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Jindal is wise to focus on religious liberty
Bobby Jindal is facing extremely low poll ratings at home, and trails most of the field in presidential polls as well. But by focusing on religious liberty, he creates his […]
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Sunday Reflections, May 17: On Discipleship
The readings today are Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; The First Psalm; the first Epistle of John 5:9-13; and the Gospel of John 17:6-19. In one way or another, all four of […]
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Sunday Reflections, May 10 (a day late)
Last week’s reflection ended thusly: God means us to rejoice in this world — to rejoice in His creation — and to love and care for it and those within […]
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Sunday reflections, May 3
Today’s second lesson, 1 John 4:7-21, is a bit repetitive internally, but that which it repeats is probably the best, most concise advice imaginable for those of us who have […]
