2024
November
Jesus is not the kind of king many of us want 11/23/2024
Is this the end of the world? 11/15/2024
Genuine religious behavior 11/9/2024
Father Donahue, Mark’s Gospel and Jesus 10/2/2024
October
The importance of being seen and heard 10/26/2024
Loving a contentious church 10/19/2024
What keeps you from following Jesus? 10/12/2024
Approaching the reign of God like a child 10/5/2024
September
Does Jesus want us to cut off our hands? 9/28/2024
Even the disciples were jealous and envious 9/21/2024
Why do the disciples not understand suffering? 9/14/2024
How Jesus ennobles the body 09/07/2024
August
Don’t make Judaism look bad to make Jesus look good. 08/31/2024
Why did “many” of Jesus’s disciples leave him? 08/24/2024
Jesus as nourishment 08/17/2024
Jesus raises you up—now 08/10/2024
How can Jesus help us when we struggle with the church? 08/03/2024
July
Do you love the Eucharist? 07/27/2024
Where is your splanchnon? 07/20/2024
What kind of apostle are you? 07/13/2024
How to answer “belittling questions” 07/06/2024
June
The Gospel tells us: Never give up 06/29/2024
Quieting the voice of despair 06/22/2024
Slow growth and the church 06/15/2024
Why did Jesus’s family think he was “out of his mind”? 06/08/2024
Our broken body, the church 06/01/2024
May
How can we participate in the Trinity? 05/25/2024
Do you believe in the supernatural? 5/18/2024
Jesus desires unity. Do we? 5/11/2024
How can we possibly love like Jesus? 5/04/2024
April
Three ways to remain in Jesus 4/27/2024
Are you a good shepherd? 4/20/2024
Why are you troubled? 4/13/2024
Can you believe without seeing? 4/06/2024
March
He has been raised! 3/30/2024
Have you ever felt abandoned? 3/23/2024
Lazarus, come out! 3/16/2024
Jesus does not condemn the world. Neither should you. 3/09/2024
Jesus’s anger, and ours 3/02/2024
February
How do you transfigure the world? 2/24/2024
Fighting the “counter-spirits” 2/17/2024
How Jesus bridges the gap between the clean and unclean 2/10/2024
God knocks on our doors 2/03/2024
January
On being clean and unclean 1/27/2024
We are called to repentance and (more importantly) to metanoia 1/20/2024
How does God call you? 1/13/2024
What is your star? 1/06/2024
2023
December
What is your hidden life? 12/30/23
God dwells among us 12/23/23
Who are you? 12/16/23
How can we comfort one another in tough times? 12/09/23
Can you let the potter “form” you? 12/02/23
November
The litmus test for entrance into Heaven 11/25/23
Get ready 11/18/23
On being watchful 11/11/23
On the dangers of stereotyping—anyone 11/04/23
October
We must mirror the compassion of God 10/28/23
What belong to God 10/21/23
Being a true friend with God 10/14/23
Our lives belong to God 10/07/23
September
Jesus and the faithful who “go ahead” 9/30/23
God’s generosity to those on the margins 9/23/23
Should we forgive racists, misogynists and homophobes? 9/16/23
How to deal with sinners, according to Jesus 9/09/23
Why should we deny ourselves? 9/02/23
August
Who is Jesus for you? 8/26/23
Jesus, the Canaanite woman and LGBTQ people 8/19/23
How to move from panic to calm 8/12/23
Jesus Christ, you are my life 8/05/23
July
What can we learn from Jesus’s “immoral heroes”? 7/29/23
The mustard seed, slow growth and the church 7/22/23
Jesus’s passionate desire for you 7/15/23
Jesus’s Easy Yoke 7/09/23
What did Jesus think about the family? 7/01/23
June
Does God want LGBTQ people to “come out”? 6/24/23
The Shepherd of a Flock “Harassed and Torn” 6/17/23
How can our lives mirror the Eucharist? 6/10/23
God is relational 6/03/23
May
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit? 5/27/23
Jesus’s glory—and ours 5/20/23
The Holy Spirit: Everywhere, All at Once, with Everyone 5/13/23
Who is Jesus—in John’s Gospel? 5/6/23
April
How Can We Know God’s Voice? 4/29/23
How to See (and Not See) God 4/22/23
The Risen Christ Returns with His Wounds 4/15/23
Christ is Risen! 4/8/23
Jesus Understands You 4/1/23
March
Come Out! 3/25/23
Who Sinned? No One 3/18/23
Jesus’s Welcome 3/11/23
Coming Down from the Mountain 3/4/23
February
How to Handle Temptations 2/25/23
Can You Really Love Your Enemies? 2/18/23
Name-Calling Will Land You in Hell 2/11/23
You are Salt and Light 2/4/23
January
Blessed Are the Persecuted? 1/28/23
Jesus Meets Us Where We Are 1/21/23
The Freedom of Humility 1/14/23
All Are Welcome 1/7/23
Treasuring in Our Hearts 1/1/23
2022
December
God Makes His Home in Humanity 12/24/22
Joseph the Dreamer 12/17/22
The Desert Blooms 12/10/22
Turning Your Life Around 12/3/22
November
Something New is Coming 11/26/22
What kind of king is Christ? 11/19/22
Lessons from the “Little Apocalypse” 11/12/22
Jesus and “The Jews”: Avoiding Stereotypes 11/5/22
October
Zacchaeus, the Grumblers and LGBTQ People 10/29/22
Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner? 10/22/22
Praying Even When It Doesn’t Seem to Work 10/15/22
The Grateful Outcast 10/8/22
Can Faith Move a Mulberry Tree? 10/1/22
September
The Rejecters Rejected 9/24/22
Be Shrewd? Or not? 9/17/22
