Dear Friends, Advent is about expanding our vision. It is about aligning ourselves with God’s dream for the creation. Amidst the rush of our lives, it is all too easy to imagine there is no alternative to the daily struggle.…
Dear Friends, The words of next Sunday’s gospel will seem disconnected from our own experience of life. Despite ourselves, we are already responding to prospects of Christmas, warm fires on dark nights, Christmas gift lists, and good food. Meanwhile, Jesus…
Dear Friends, Scripture is very concerned about the least among us, because God is very concerned about the least among us. Jesus directs hard words at those filled with self-importance, who say long prayers but then steal from the poor.…